John S Saunders

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 8 November 1942 in B-17 41-24472 while serving as Ball Turret Gunner. POW but Died in Captivity (DIC) at the German Army Hospital at Lille, France.





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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-24472

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Lille, France 8 November 1942 Taken prisoner and died in a German Field Hospital at Lille, France.

Born

Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery, 6269 NA Migraten, Netherlands Remains were recovered and buried in a temporary grave Plot NN, Row 12, Grave 276, Netherlands American Cemetery. The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) has no current burial location for this airman, which is a fairly good indication that his remains were repatriated to the United States after the war.

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 21-Nov-2014. Added Died and Buried events per MACT 16133 and American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record and "Lossed of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop and John A. Hey MBE

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 29-Oct-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 16133; "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John E Hey MBE.

Date
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 44 , MACR 16133