John Francis Farley

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #53 dated 20 July 1943.  Shot down on 9 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29814 'Dallas Rebel'. Plane crashed into North Sea. Missing in Action (MIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

People

Alfred Joseph Brescia

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12127755
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Headshot of young man in WWII era Air Force uniform. There are three stripes on jacket sleeve and a long chain with a whistle draped over the man's shoulder

Melvin Allen Feigenbaum

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20613880
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Robert Leigh Fish

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-729318
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
Headshot of man wearing a shirt with insignia on the collar looking directly at camera

John Thomas Ingles

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-794415
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Carl Warner Janes

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15107381
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

41-24560

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Audrey
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 1 368th Bomb Squadron 544th Bomb Squadron

42-29554

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Maryland, My Maryland : Billie
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

42-29703

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Kathy Jane
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron

42-29814

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Dallas Rebel
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

42-30005

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Salvage Queen
  • Unit: 546th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Riverside, California, USA

Other

Missing in Action (KIA)

North Sea Damaged by enemy aircraft; ditched at 1341 hrs 50 mi. west of Danish coast, North Sea; MACR 872.

Other

Missing in Action (MIA)

Cambridge, England Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England: Tablets of the Missing

Revisions

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Contributoracbernstein1
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https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=5529

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 872 / MACR 872, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database