John Walworth Izant
Military
Object Number - UPL 20816 - 2nd Lt John W Izant 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.
Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. 20 x combat missions.
Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Post War:- Director of Finance, TRW.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Supply
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Charlotte
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Peaches
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 357th Fighter Group 370th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 364th Fighter Squadron 487th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Cleveland, OH, USA | 9 April 1921 | Son of Eugene T and Jeanette Izant. |
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Enlisted |
Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH | 29 July 1942 | Patterson Field, Fairfield, Ohio |
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Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 5 February 1945 - 15 September 1945 | Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promoted |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 9 May 1945 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Died |
South Euclid, OH, USA | 18 February 2012 | |
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Buried |
Lake View Cemetery Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH | 21 February 2012 | Lake View Cemetery Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio |
| Cleveland Heights, OH, USA |
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Sources
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- '1000 Destroyed' by Capt. Grover C. Hall, Jr.';
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
ContributorAl_Skiff
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