John F Goan

Military

Evaded 27 June 1944 Hit by flak and crashed at Mello in B-24 #4295280. Earlier 30 December 1943 on return from mission to IGF factory at Ludwigshaven. In B17#42-64436 ÒTwo Gun FlossieÓ a/c had accident upon landing. Baldwin Avery crew. 9 RTD



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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-64436

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Two Gun Flossie
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron

42-95280

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sunon Square Dance
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Other

Interned

France

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Combined two entries into a single entry. This entry now includes information from the following source:
MACR 6731 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Birsic   MACR 6731, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol.  I, p. 449 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia