John Russell McMeekin
Military
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UPL 37888
Pictured: Rapid City, SD. Lt McMeekin crew, assigned to 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF.
Rear L-R: 2Lt Jack Clouser, 1Lt John R McMeekin, 2Lt Robert Christensen, 2Lt Paul T Chance.
Front L-R: S/Sgt John Kirkland, S/Sgt Stanley G Workman, Sgt Fred Coty, S/Sgt Harold Davis, T/Sgt Rene W W Darby.
Rear L-R: 2Lt Jack Clouser, 1Lt John R McMeekin, 2Lt Robert Christensen, 2Lt Paul T Chance.
Front L-R: S/Sgt John Kirkland, S/Sgt Stanley G Workman, Sgt Fred Coty, S/Sgt Harold Davis, T/Sgt Rene W W Darby.
Assigned to 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Barnewitz in B-17 42-31650 'Impatient Virgin'; Shot down, crashed Bergedamm, four miles W of Nauen, Germany, 18-Apr-44 . Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4153
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20447445 / O-751958
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19138084 / O-682068
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18117013
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19171969
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31141676
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Togglier, Nose Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Impatient Virgin
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 18 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Washington, DC | 19 June 1919 | Son of Ann M McMeekin. |
Enlisted |
San Francisco, CA | 24 June 1941 | |
Died |
4 miles W of Nauen, Germany | 18 April 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Barnewitz in B-17 42-31650 'Impatient Virgin'; Shot down, crashed Bergedamm, four miles W of Nauen, Germany, 18-Apr-44 . Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4153 |
Based |
Bury St Edmunds | 18 April 1944 | Assigned to 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St Louis, MO | Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St Louis County, MO Section 79 Site 113-114 |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4153