John Cleveland Crabb
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down on 16-Aug-44 in B-17 43-38000 while serving as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner. Aircraft was attacked by fighters and set on fire which caused the bomb load to detonate and the aircraft disintegrated in mid-air. Remains of the aircraft fell near Lehna, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8181
Awards: PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-819552
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 August 1944
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Raison, AR | 21 September 1923 | Son of Jesse Elbert Crabb. |
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Enlisted |
Oklahoma City, OK, USA | 13 May 1943 | Enlisted at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Lehna, 37308 Schimberg, Germany | 16 August 1944 | Killed when aircraft was attacked by German fighters, set on fire, bomb load detonated and aircraft disintegrated in mid-air. Remains of aircraft fell near Lehna, Germany |
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Buried |
Schimberg, Germany | 17 August 1944 | Originally buried by the Germans. |
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | |
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Buried |
South Marlow Cemetery Grant County, AR | Final Internment South Marlow Cemetery Grant County, Arkansas |
Revisions
Combined two entries into a single entry. This record now includes information from the following source: MACR 8181 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database.
Correction of some typographical errors.
Lee Cunningham 16-Dec-2014. Added SN, KIA event, crew position in biography and BS connection per MACR 8181. Added KIA and Burial event and details per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; made connections to BS, Place, AIrcraft and Mission within existing website data. Converted date in biography to military-style signification. Birth location and enlistment date verified from National Archives Records Administrion (NARA) WWII Enlistment records.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8181