John P Morris
Military ROLL OF HONOURInterned in Turkey while on TDY to 9thAF for Ploesti raid on 1 August 1943 in B-24 42-40744 He was later released.
Killed in Action (KIA) on 9 September 1944 in Skorve, Norway, after crashing B-24 Liberator #42-52196 on a carpetbagger mission, during a detachment to Leuchars to take part in Operation ball- the resupply of resistance fighters in Norway.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 13075789
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35370265
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner / Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-6993220
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 9 September 1944
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Interned |
1 August 1943 | ||
Other Killed in actiom |
9 September 1944 | ||
Born |
New Castle, Pennsylvania | ||
Buried |
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 243 & Page 280 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010