John Dorman

Military

Assigned to 853BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. John Kenney crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Swabische Hall. Crashed Semmenstedt in B-24 'Ain't Bluffing' 44-40246 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 8861



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

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

People

John Douglas Kenney

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-190888
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

"Movement of Unit Flight Echelon, 491st Bomb Gp (H), dd 14 Mar 44 & amendments thereto dd 18 Unr 44 & 22 Mar 44 & 2nd AF Memo 35-2, dd 11 Apr 44• This is a TEMPORARY change of station.

44-40246

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Aint Bluffing
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Boston, MA 7 January 1942 Boston, Massachusetts

Other

Baled out POW

Semmenstedt, Germany 13 September 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Swabische Hall. Crashed Semmenstedt in B-24 'Ain't Bluffing' 44-40246 POW MACR 8861

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 13 September 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Born

East Houston, Massachusetts, USA NoK: Wife Joyce - Sequis, Texas

Based

Prisoner of War (POW)

Metfield 13 September 1944 Assigned to 853BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8861 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database