John Bartholomew Bruce

Military

Assigned to 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Bizerte, Tunisia in B-17 41-24363 Bad Penny. Killed in Action (KIA).

 

Awards: AM, PH

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Units served with

301st Bomb Group

• Unit Hierarchy: Group
• Air Force: Eighth Air Force Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
• Type Category: Bombardment

32nd Bomb Squadron

• Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
• Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-24363

• Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
• Nicknames: Bad Penny
• Unit: 32nd Bomb Squadron 301st Bomb Group

Places

North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial

• Site type: Cemetery
• Known as: North Africa American Cemetery, Tunis, Tunisia

Tafaraoui

• Site type: Airfield
• Known as: Oran Tafraoui Airport

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Clinton, Iowa	13 December 1918	Born Clinton, Iowa
Enlisted	March Field, California	22 April 1941	Enlisted March Field Riverside California
Died	Mediterranean Sea	28 November 1942	Died Mediterranean Sea
Buried	North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial, Tunisia	1 January 1946	Tablets of the Missing North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia