John Edwin O'Neal Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-38327.jpeg UPL 38327 "Back from the 11-hour haul to Marienburg, Germany on 11 April 1944, 1st Lt. Boudinot Stimson and his crew of the 614th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group, pose beside their Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, England."

Rear L-R: S/Sgt Alfred Lesage, Cpl Andrew L Allen, Cpl Paul J Amos, T/Sgt Karl E Kukurin, T/Sgt Paul S Melia, T/Sgt Carman L Mancuso.

Front L-R: 1Lt Jack L Pfaffman,1Lt Boudinot Stimson, 1Lt John Edwin O'Neal Jr, 1Lt Robert H Timberlake.

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Object Number - UPL 38327 - "Back from the 11-hour haul to Marienburg, Germany on 11 April 1944, 1st Lt. Boudinot Stimson and his crew of the 614th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb...

Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 22 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt in B-17 42-97464 'What Next ?' 13-Apr-44; in baling out, struck head on bomb bay doors, unconscious and unable to open chute. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3941



Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

Lieutenant Boudinot Stimson, a pilot of the 401st Bomb Group and cousin of the US War Secretary Henry Stimson, with his B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37770) nicknamed "Flak Rat". Image stamped on reverse: 'Planet News.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 12 Dec 1943.' [stamp] and '296490.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'US WAR SECRETARY'S COUSIN PILOTS FLYING FORTRESSES OVER EUROPE. Lieutenant Boudinot Stimson, Greenwich, Connecticut, cousin of US War Secretary Henry Stimson is pilot of

Boudinot Stimson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12075079 / O-799493
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-97464

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: What Next ?
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 2 April 1942 Hunter Field Savannah Georgia

Died

Weibersbrunn, Germany 13 April 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt in B-17 42-97464 'What Next ?' 13-Apr-44; parachute failed to open. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3941

Born

Savannah, Georgia, USA Son of John E Snr and Erma E O'Neal.

Buried

Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Plot M Row 12 Grave 4

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Deenethorpe 13 April 1944 Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3941 / MACR 3941,

http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=548 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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