John C MacDonald
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
John C. MacDonald Crew
Back Row Left to Right: John C. MacDonald (P), James D. Mullins (N), Carl E. Bailey (B), Gordon Sinclair (CP)
Middle Row Left to Right: Chauncey Cheek (LWG), Otto M. Kaushup (R/O). Earnest Akens (TG), P.W. Davis (NG)
Front Row Left to Right: William R. Kent (FE), Burnis Copley (RWG)
This crew was shot down on 11 May 1944. All aboard that day were KIA. Of those in the photo, Sinclair, Cheek and Davis were NOT aboard. They were replaced that day by James H. Johnson (CP), James A. Paulos (BTG) and John F. Gordon (LWG). Also aboard and KIA was William R. Dwyer (PN)
466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG Historian
Object Number - UPL 17521 - Crew #519 John C. MacDonald Crew Back Row Left to Right: John C. MacDonald (P), James D. Mullins (N), Carl E. Bailey (B), Gordon Sinclair...
Assigned to 785BS, 466BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 11-May-44 in B-24 41-28664 'Merchant Of Venice'. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
Connections
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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: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38451507
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade)
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-691860
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38411713
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: waist gunner

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-678523
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35508372
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade)
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 11 May 1944
Places

- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
19 May 1942 | ||
Died Killed in action |
88000 Épinal, France | 11 May 1944 | Disappeared attempting to fly his damaged aircraft to Switzerland after being hit by flak on the bomb run at Epinal. The didn't make it. Their a/c crash site has not been found/identified. Killed in Action (KIA) |
Born |
Syracuse, New York | ||
Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | ||
Syracuse, NY, USA | 311 Strathmore Drive |
Revisions
Corrected bio - 466th BG Historian
Added "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
466th BG Historian
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4802