Benjamin Holt St John
Military
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UPL 44093
A Crew Of The 379Th Bomb Group Poses Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 19 November 1943.
L-R: Wendell J Shepard, Clement C Budelman, Howard W "Cotton" Lawson, Benjamin H St John, Orvin Verle Taylor, Warren John Prosperi .
L-R: Wendell J Shepard, Clement C Budelman, Howard W "Cotton" Lawson, Benjamin H St John, Orvin Verle Taylor, Warren John Prosperi .
Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Hoverkamp crew. 21 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Frankfurt 29-Jan-44; shot down; crashed Chenogne, near Sibret, 7km SW of Bastogne, Belgium. Evaded (EVD) MACR 2873.
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32455301
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17029587 / O-680218
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12056916 / O-794411
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39456982
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18068079 / O-739111
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Duffy's Tavern
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Downsville, New York | 4 July 1913 | Son of Benjamin B and Irva [Lewis] St John. |
Other Baled out EVD |
Chenogne, Belgium | 29 January 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Frankfurt 29-Jan-44; shot down; crashed Chenogne, near Sibret, 7km SW of Bastogne, Belgium. Evaded (EVD) MACR 2873 |
Other Discharged USAAF |
16 August 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
28 October 2006 | ||
Based |
Kimbolton | 29 January 1944 | Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Curlew Hills Memory Gardens Palm Harbor, Pinellas County, FL | Curlew Hills Memory Gardens Palm Harbor, Pinellas County, Florida |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2873, 8th AF Losses