John Herman Dean
Military
Rear Row L - R : Sgt Clennie C Shults, S/Sgt Armand L Provencher, Unk, Sgt Adrian L Shutes, Sgt Edward Trambitsky, Unk.
Front row L-R : 2Lt Vernon A Arneson, Unk, Unk, 2Lt George J Gilmore Jr.
Unknowns - S/Sgt Frederic E Webb, S/Sgt Richard G Schmidt, 2Lt's John H Dean and Jerome E Kleinburg.
Object Number - UPL 37626 - Lt Vernon Arneson crew, 614BS, 401BG, 8AF. Rear Row L - R : Sgt Clennie C Shults, S/Sgt Armand L Provencher, Unk, Sgt Adrian L Shutes, Sgt Edward...
Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Osccherlsleben in B-17 42-38002; hit by flak, A/C set upon by fighters, 1 x engine dead, controls shotup, baled out. 22-Feb-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2661
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19083977 / O-741875
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 22 February 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Syracuse, NY | 18 August 1942 | |
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Other Baled out POW |
Brunswick, Germany | 22 February 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Osccherlsleben in B-17 42-38002; hit by flak, A/C set upon by fighters, 1 x engine dead, controls shotup, baled out. 22-Feb-44. POW MACR 2661 |
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Other Captured Wounded |
Braunschweig, Germany | 22 February 1944 - 8 March 1944 | To AF Hosital, Braunschweig. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Moosburg, Germany | 8 March 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft VIIa. |
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Other Next of Kin |
Glendale, California, USA | Sister Betty T Dean, Glendale, CA | |
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Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Deenethorpe | 22 February 1944 | Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF |
| Oswego County, NY | Resided Oswego, NY State. | ||
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Born |
Oswego County, NY |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2661 / MACR 2661, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=830 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database