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SSGT Bernard A. Johnson Ball Turret Gunner John C. Mouat Crew 388th BG - 561st BS
John C. Mouat Crew B-17F-120-BO #42-30778 "Lady Margaret" Code: U 388th BG - 561st BS Standing L to R: Milton W. Thompson (R/O), Edward Parsons (TG), William C. McVey (WG), Thomas E. Morton (WG), Edward J. English (FE), Bernard A. Johnson (BTG) Kneeling L to R: Henry R. Sampson (CP), Harold R. Vague (N), Milton L. Ehrenreich (B), John C. Mouat (P)
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 388th Bomb Group
John C. Mouat was born in 1921 in a log cabin atCuster, Montana near the battlefield where General Custer and many of histroops were massacred in 1876.During World War II, the author piloted 8thAir Force Flying Fortresses to targets in Germany and was...
Group
The 388th Bomb Group flew strategic bombing mission from Knettishall, Suffolk from June 1943 to the end of the war. During this time, though, detachments were sent to Fersfield, Norfolk to conduct Aphrodite missions. In these Aphrodite missions veteran...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 28/7/43; Gore 6/8/43; Pendleton 12/8/43; Reno 14/8/43; Pierre 16/8/43; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 3/9/43; crashed on take off for France 13/8/44 with Leon Sutton, Co-pilot: Harlan Thompson, Navigator: George Healy, Bombardier:...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 16/9/43; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 9/10/43; Missing in Action Bremen 20/12/43 with Ken Eccleston, Co-pilot: Pete Schou, Navigator: John Dorsett, Bombardier: Tom Tollin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Molinari, Radio...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 16/4/43; Dow Fd 12/6/43; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 23/6/43 SWEETHEART; Returned to the USA Tinker 7/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45; also named JEANNIE and WILSON'S WILDCATS.
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 30/4/43; Dow Fd 13/6/43; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 14/6/43; on training mission 12/7/44 with Major Boardman Reed, Co-pilot: Major Melvin Buckner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Paul Weathers, Radio Operator: Ora Kelsey, pass...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 15/7/43; Rapid City 10/8/43; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 9/9/43; transferred RCM 803BS Sculthorpe /44; damaged by PB4Y explosion on APH mission 12-8-44; Salvaged 14/11/44.
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Military site : airfield
Knettishall was built to Class A standard for an American Bomb Group that would be bringing up to forty heavy bombers with them in three or four Squadrons. The 388th Bomb Group, which stayed at Knettishall for their entire service in the ETO, flew B-17...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Ogema, Wisconsin | 26 June 1923 |
| 388th BG Combat Tour | Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK | 26 September 1944 – 29 January 1944 |
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Completed a 25 mission combat tour |
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| Enlisted | Fort Carson, CO 80913, USA | 27 November 1945 |
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Re-Enlistment |
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| Died | Lake Havasu City, AZ, USA | 1 September 2002 |
| Buried | Le Roy, MI 49655, USA | 7 September 2002 |
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Maple Hill Cemetery • Le Roy, Osceola County, Michigan, USA |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 18 December 2017 20:16:39 | 466thHistorian | Changes to service number, highest rank, events, person associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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http://www.388bg.info/servlet/Controller?pageType=detail&id=388-I-JOH02-... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:04:28 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html |
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