John E Bronson

Military

Shot down by fighters and crashed in Baltic on 6/20/44 in B-24 #4440150 Killed in Action (KIA)

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Units served with

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.

492nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-40150

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ruptured Duck
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

20 June 1944

Born

Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Adriatic Sea 20 June 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6775 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database