John Houston Doherty
Military
Bombardier
Thomas L. Thompson Crew
398th BG - 600th BS
shot down and captured 30 May 1944
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Object Number - UPL 18030 - 2LT John Houston Doherty Bombardier Thomas L. Thompson Crew 398th BG - 600th BS shot down and captured 30 May 1944
Assigned to 600BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. Six combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Dessau in B-17 42-102498 'Tail end Charlie' 30-May-44; baled out Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 5312
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: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-809892
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Tailend Charlie
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Bentonville, AR, USA | 17 March 1917 | Son of Vivian [Morris] Doherty. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 30 May 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Died |
Potter County, TX, USA | 15 April 2003 | John Houston Doherty, 86, of Amarillo died Tuesday, April 15, 2003. Mr. Doherty was born March 17, 1917, in Bentonville, Ark. He had lived in Amarillo since 1929. During the depression, at the age of 12, he had his first job; selling newspapers on Polk Street. Before his 14th birthday he was working for Fox Drug Store. He graduated from Amarillo High School in 1935 and that same year married Maurine Prater. He served his country during World War II in the Air Force as a bombardier on a B-17. He was a POW for 11 months in Germany before being liberated by General George Patton's army in 1945. After returning from the war, he worked for Cretney Drug at Sixth and Polk Street and later as a drug representative for Southwestern Drug Wholesale. He opened D&D Pharmacy with his partner Houston DeFord in 1953. He was baptized at First Baptist Church shortly after moving to Amarillo. He was a charter member of Tascosa Country Club. |
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Buried |
Llano Cemetery Amarillo Randall County TX | 19 April 2003 | Llano Cemetery Amarillo Randall County Texas, USA Plot: Section FV Lot 56 Space 1 |
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Based |
Nuthampstead | 30 June 1944 | Assigned to 600BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://398th.org/History/Group/Crews_Original.html
