John S Willis

Military

Flew total of 37 combat missions. 1st mission was to N. France on 20 April, '44 and last was Ludwigshaven on 21 September, '44.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Aint Miss Behavin II
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Forbidden Fruit II
  • Unit: 729th Bomb Squadron 728th Bomb Squadron 452nd Bomb Group
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Big Noise II
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lady Janet
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 21 September 1944
  • Date: 17 September 1944
  • Date: 13 September 1944
  • Official Description:
French civillians inspect a crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-32086) nicknamed "You Never Know" of the 457th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '10/9/44 France.'
  • Date: 10 September 1944
  • Date: 9 September 1944

Places

Revisions

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Carolyn 'Cally' Boatwright 452nd BGA

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1999 Unit Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia