John R Hummel Jr
MilitaryJohn R. Hummel, Jr. Married to Ellen Louise Schneider. Three children, Steven Robert, Deborah Louise and Tracy Benjamin. Also son Robert Gary by his first wife. POW in Germany. Won Distinguished Flying Cross for having his crew bail and landing the plane in a German Forest when the plane was shot up by Germans (crashed near Wesel on 24 Mar 45 in B-24 #42-50709).
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 36824423
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13143899
- Highest Rank: Private
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2072357
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Fort Worth, TX, USA | 6 August 1919 | |
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Other POW |
Germany | 24 March 1945 | |
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Died |
Shelbyville, TX 75973, USA | 22 August 1973 | |
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Enlisted |
Revisions
Added S/N from MACR report #14177 at Fold3.com.
See: https://www.fold3.com/image/29036677
Added a POW event per info in the "Summary biography".
Added words "the" and "was" to the "Summary biography" for clarity.
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.b-24.net/aircrew/hnames.html