John G Heinzelman Jr

Military

Forced to ditch in the sea on the return from a mission to Berlin on 9 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31208. All the crew were rescued, Returned to Duty (RTD).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.

447th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-107067 447 BG - 709th BS

42-107067

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Other

Interned (INT)

Sweden 11 April 1944

Other

Ditched

North Sea 9 March 1944 Returned to Duty (RTD)

Revisions

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Added a Ditched event per info in the "Summary biography".

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Added a connection to A/C #42-31208 listed in the "Summary biography".

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Copied "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so one dup person can be deleted.

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Corrected the name by moving "Jr" from the surname field to the suffix field and moving the last name from the middle name field to the surname field.

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MACR 3825 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database