John Charles Larson
Military
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 45034 - Sgt John Charles 'Jack' Larson, 547BS, 384BG
Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed near Mayen on 10-Nov-44 in B-17 44-6149 'Hot After It'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 9478
Awards: PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-2352 / O-556091
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hell's Messenger
- Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 364th Fighter Group 544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Lead Banana
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Nevada Avenger
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron 545th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hot After It
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Avoca, MN | 7 August 1920 | Son of Carl Linus and Clara [Holmberg] Larson. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 11 October 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Other Baled out POW |
Mayen, Germany | 10 November 1944 | Crashed near Mayen on 10-Nov-44 in B-17 44-6149 'Hot After It'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 9478 |
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Died |
Miltona, MN | 11 January 2010 | |
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Buried |
Faith Swedish Cemetery, Avoca, Murray County, MN | 15 January 2010 | Faith Swedish Cemetery Avoca, Murray County, Minnesota |
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Based |
Grafton Underwood | 11 October 1944 | Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Hospitalised |
California | Hospitalised Regional hospital, California. Medical discharge due to trauma suffered in action to right shoulder. |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entries to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- MACR 9478 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database;
- http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=l...;
- http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=5711
AAIR 44-10-10-524 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
