John Edward Van Beveren
MilitaryIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Made an emergency landing SE of Amiens, France after being damged by fighters on a mission to Oberpfaffenhoven, Germany on 16 March 1944 in B-17G #42-37848 'Sissy'. Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air Crew Report #3244
POW
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 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-435519
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sissy
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Syracuse, NY, USA | 9 September 1942 | Residence: Onadaga County, New York Private, Air Corps |
Other Assigned |
5 December 1943 | Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 547th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #160 dated 5 December 1943, Kendal Daskey Crew. Five combat missions. | |
Born |
Syracuse, New York |
Revisions
3384thbombgroup.com http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=6757
384thbombgroup.com http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=6757
National Enlisted Data Base http://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=WR26&tf…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3244, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces