John Y McGill

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Merseburg in B-17 'Blue Streak' #43-37883.



Member of Paris crew

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Blue Streak
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Sudbury airfield looking south west, the bomb dump is to the upper right of the airfield, 29 February 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC188. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Acton

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

2 November 1944

Born

Revisions

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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity. Changed the label of the Died event to "KIA".

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10168 / WWW.486th.org roster