John Campbell MacQueen

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-38359.jpeg UPL 38359 "Col. Harold W. Bowman presents the Purple Heart posthumously to the English parents of Sgt. John C. MacQueen, killed on a . mission to Schweinfurt. Sgt. MacQueen, 18 years old at the time of his acceptance for service in London, was born in the United States but went to England with his parents a few years before the war."

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Object Number - UPL 38359 - "Col. Harold W. Bowman presents the Purple Heart posthumously to the English parents of Sgt. John C. MacQueen, killed on a . mission to Schweinfurt....

Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 3 x combat missions, 1st with this crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt in B-17 42-97464 'What Next ?' 13-Apr-44; Mortally wounded by 20mm cannon shell in initial attacks, probably dead prior to the abandonment of A/C. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3941



Awards: PH.



*MACR lists as Pvt, headstone as Sgt*

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

Lieutenant Boudinot Stimson, a pilot of the 401st Bomb Group and cousin of the US War Secretary Henry Stimson, with his B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37770) nicknamed "Flak Rat". Image stamped on reverse: 'Planet News.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 12 Dec 1943.' [stamp] and '296490.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'US WAR SECRETARY'S COUSIN PILOTS FLYING FORTRESSES OVER EUROPE. Lieutenant Boudinot Stimson, Greenwich, Connecticut, cousin of US War Secretary Henry Stimson is pilot of

Boudinot Stimson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12075079 / O-799493
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-97464

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: What Next ?
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

22 February 1943 Place of enlistment not defined, Resident at 'US at Large'.

Other

Killed in action

Weibersbrunn, Germany 13 April 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt in B-17 42-97464 'What Next ?' 13-Apr-44; Mortally wounded by 20mm cannon shell KIA.

Born

Southfields SW16, London Son of Mrs Agnes Mac Queen of Elsenham Street, Southfields, London SW16

Buried

Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot M Row 12 Grave 5

Based

Deenethorpe 13 April 1944 Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

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https://www.fold3.com/image/310763440?rec=299412144
https://www.fold3.com/record/83344458-john-c-mac-queen
https://www.fold3.com/record/529875113-john-c-mac-queen
https://www.abmc.gov/node/532299
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76527467/john-c-macqueen

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3941

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Object number: UPL 38359 - "Col. Harold W. Bowman presents the Purple Heart...