John J Larkin Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 817BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Budapest 30-Jul-44; flak, crashed Sziget Szent; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7105.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 817th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-745737
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 817th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Boston, MA | 21 December 1942 | |
Other Baled out POW |
Sziget Szent, Romania | 30 July 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Budapest 30-Jul-44; flak, crashed Sziget Szent; POW MACR 7105. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 30 July 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Born |
Essex County, MA | Son of John J Snr and Mary Larkin. | |
Based |
Sterparone | 30 July 1944 | Assigned to 817BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. |
Nahant, MA |
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