John P Mallon Jr
Military
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UPL 23660
Robert E. Brown's Crew.
Back row: (L-R):
Sgt. Richard W. Catterlin, Radio Operator,
2nd Lt. Edward C. Looker, Bombardier,
2nd Lt. Leslie L. Colen, Navigator,
2nd Lt. Ernest O. Andrews, Co-pilot,
2nd Lt. Robert E. Brown, Pilot.
Front row: (L-R)
Cpl. Charles W. Dufar, Ball Turret Gunner,
Cpl. Clayton E. Johnson, Tail Gunner,
Cpl. John P. Mallon, Waist Gunner,
Sgt. James E. Chandler, Engineer.
Photo taken on 4th August 1944.
Back row: (L-R):
Sgt. Richard W. Catterlin, Radio Operator,
2nd Lt. Edward C. Looker, Bombardier,
2nd Lt. Leslie L. Colen, Navigator,
2nd Lt. Ernest O. Andrews, Co-pilot,
2nd Lt. Robert E. Brown, Pilot.
Front row: (L-R)
Cpl. Charles W. Dufar, Ball Turret Gunner,
Cpl. Clayton E. Johnson, Tail Gunner,
Cpl. John P. Mallon, Waist Gunner,
Sgt. James E. Chandler, Engineer.
Photo taken on 4th August 1944.
Corrected the caption so that it is in line with the 398th Bomb Group website record:
http://www.398th.org/Images/Images_Crews/Text/Flight/Brown_R.E._601_194…
Alerted to this inaccuracy by the grandson of Richard W Catterlin
398th History, Vol II lists him as being in the 600th BS in Sept 1944
air medal
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Ugly Duckling
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron
Revisions
ContributorHotelie1970
Changes
Sources
General Order 318 from Headquarters 1st Bombardment Division, Office of the Commanding General, by Command of Major General Williams, dated 9 September 1944.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
398th History Vol II and Vol III / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia