John D McBride Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Hit by flak after bombing target Furth, GR on 25 Feb 1944, B-17F #42-30788 'Missmalovin'' fell behind and was attacked by fighters and came down in the Channel near Calais, FR. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-30788

42-30788

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mismalovin
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron

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Born

Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA 8 September 1918

Died

25 February 1944

Buried/ Commemorated

Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Plot A Row 11 Grave 8

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Updated rank and suffix and Born and Buried events per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 56086707.
SOURCE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56086707/john-d-mcbride

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Added an association to the 100th BG, the parent bomb group of the 349th, 350th, 351st & 418th Bomb Squadrons & the 412th Air Service group.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2760, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces