John Whicker Humphrey
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Back Row:
Robert Mayfield, Vito Ambrosio, Harry Estabrooks, Malcolm Williams, Charles Tuttle, Maurice Robbins
Front Row:
John Kriegshauser, Lyle Curtis, Melchor Hernandez, John Humphrey.
USAAF records
Object Number - UPL 35204 - The crew of B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number42-31322 ) nicknamed "Mi Amigo" of the 305th Bomb Group. Photo taken Pendleton Field, Oregon,...
Assigned to 364BS, 305BG, 8F USAAF. 15 x missions. Crashed attempting to land at Endcliffe Park, Sheffield, UK returning from Aalborg, Denmark mission 22-Feb-44 in B-17G 42-31322 'Mi Amigo'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 15190
Attended Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois for two years and latterly worked at an ordnance factory prior to joining USAAF. Commissioned August 1943.
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-535000
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mi Amigo
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 452nd Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 22 February 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Wyoming, IL | 17 July 1920 | Son of Marion G and Cecilia [Kinsella] Humphrey. Only son, two sisters. Pre-war occupation: chemicals firm employee (ordnance manufacturer). |
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Enlisted |
Davenport, IL | 2 January 1943 | Arrived Geiger Field 04.10.43 with 66-1 service record showing 8 months in USAAF with 168 hours of flying time, rated "very good''. |
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Died |
Endcliffe Park, Sheffield | 22 February 1944 | Battle damaged on Aalborg, Denmark mission; attempted force landing Endcliffe Park, Sheffield. Killed in Action. MACR 15190 |
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Buried |
24 February 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial | |
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Buried |
St Dominic, Wyoming, IL | 14 July 1948 | Re-Interred St Dominics Cemetery Wyoming, IL |
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Based |
Chelveston | 22 February 1944 | Assigned to 364BS, 305BG, 8F USAAF. |
Revisions
See ''Courage Above the Clouds -the true story of MI-AMIGO and the Heroes of Endcliffe Park'' by Paul Allonby (lulu.com)
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Chronology Supplement 1942-45; p. 85., Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces
