John T Swais
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Shared with the American Air Museum by John T Swais' great niece, Susan Brooks.
Object Number - UPL 24430 - John T Swais.
John T Swais served as a pilot with the 401st Bomb Squadron of the 91st Bomb Group.
Before the war he had been a college football star back home in Oklahoma.
Swais was Killed in Action (KIA) on 26 February 1943 in B-17 41-24447 'Kickapoo'. The aircraft was attacked by German fighters and crashed into North Sea.
Connections
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Kickapoo
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 26 February 1943
![B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group fly over countryside. Image stamped on reverse: 'Planet News.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 16 Feb 1943.' [stamp] Printed caption on reverse: '7-12 Liberator planes of U.S. Bomber Command in flight at the start of an operational patrol from their base "somewhere in England". And February 17th 1943 PN'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379113.jpg.webp?itok=PMFn3r3H)
- Date: 16 February 1943
- Date: 14 February 1943
- Date: 9 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Enlisted |
Oklahoma City, OK, USA | 29 April 1941 | |
|
Other Commemorated |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery. | |
|
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
North Sea | 26 February 1943 | |
|
Born |
Sulphur Springs, TX 75482, USA |
Revisions
Changed place of birth from Tulsa OK to Sulphur Springs TX after correspondence with a relative, Susan Brooks.
See also:
NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…
Lee Cunningham 31-May-2015. Added decorations and Commemoration event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records; made connections to Place and Mission wihtin existing website data; Edited Summary Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey, MBE; Corrected SN per Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 4830.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3575 / MACR 3575 / 4830, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 80, Ragged Irregulars of Bassingbourn by Havelaar p. 25 and Roll of Honor Appendix 4 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
