John Steven Kantor | American Air Museum in Britain

Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Ben Mumper crew. 35 x combat missions. ETD

Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

Service

8th Air Force

Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945. ...
384th Bomb Group

Group
The 384th Bomb Group flew B-17s from Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire, between May 1943 and June 1945. They were engaged in daylight bombing missions over Germany as part of the Allies' efforts to destroy the effectiveness of the Luftwaffe by...
547th Bomb Squadron

Squadron

42-38013 "NEVADA AVENGER"

B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; New Castle 10/12/43; Presque Is 15/12/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-C] Grafton Underwood 21/1/44; sal battle damaged 27/4/44. NEVADA AVENGER. ...
42-39888

B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Long Beach 29/9/43; Gr Island 19/10/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-B] Grafton Underwood 23/11/43; transferred 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 2/5/45; 100+m, retUS Bradley 4/7/45; 2114 BU Lockbourn 13/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10...
42-97263 "LADY MARGARET"

B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/44; Dalhart 2/3/44; Kearney 1/4/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-D] Grafton Underwood 15/4/44; crashed on take off with John Whiteside 10/1/45, Salvaged.
43-38800 BUSY BUZZARD

B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Hunter 24/9/44; Grenier 2/10/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-K] Grafton Underwood 6/10/44; battle damaged Zeitz 30/11/44 with ? ; abandoned over continent; transferred with group to Istres on mapping duties, Salvaged 9AF Germany 31/10/45....
44-6135

B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 10/5/44; Kearney 23/5/44; Dow Fd 30/5/44; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD-J] Grafton Underwood 10/6/44; 547BS [SO-H], 546BS [BK-B]; battle damaged Cologne 10/1/45 with ?; force landed continent; Salvaged 22/1/45.

Grafton Underwood

Military site : airfield
Grafton Underwood was built in 1941 by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd. It was the first airfield in England to receive an Eighth Air Force flying unit, when in May 1942 personnel of the 15th Bomb Squadron took up residence. As a satellite airfield for...

Event	Location	Date
Born	Bridgeport, CT	13 May 1921
Son of John and Susanna Kantor. Husband of Ida Kantor.
Enlisted	Bridgeport, CT	24 September 1943
Based	Grafton Underwood	July 1944 – December 1944
Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF.
Promotion		14 August 1944
Promoted to Staff Sergeant.
Discharged USAAF		22 September 1945
Honourable discharge.
Died	Bridgeport, CT	17 June 1990

Date	Contributor	Update
17 August 2020 15:29:13	Al_Skiff	Changes to events
Sources
https://www.fold3.com/image/606548468 https://www.fold3.com/image/207963658 https://www.fold3.com/record/4296910-john-s-kantor https://www.fold3.com/record/622012729-john-kantor-1921 https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=5985
Date	Contributor	Update
16 August 2020 17:55:08	Al_Skiff	Changes to biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations
Sources
https://www.fold3.com/image/606548468 https://www.fold3.com/image/207963658 https://www.fold3.com/record/4296910-john-s-kantor https://www.fold3.com/record/622012729-john-kantor-1921 https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=5985
Date	Contributor	Update
16 August 2020 15:31:08	Al_Skiff	Changes to middlename, service number, highest rank, role and biography
Sources
https://www.fold3.com/image/606548468 https://www.fold3.com/record/4296910-john-s-kantor https://www.fold3.com/record/622012729-john-kantor-1921 https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=5985
Date	Contributor	Update
27 September 2014 18:16:39	AAM	AAM ingest
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=k...