John Isham Perry
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 47445 - Sgt J I Perry, 457BG.
Assigned to 748BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Weimar, Germany in B-17 42-97558 'Tis Me Sugar' 24-Aug-44. Crashed / Ditched into North Sea West of Island of Sylt, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8200
Awards: AM, PH.
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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: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14077251 / O-819645
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Tis Me Sugar
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Connington
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Lipan, TX | 28 February 1919 | Son of J Harrison and Myrtle V Perry. Born John Isham. |
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Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA | 21 April 1941 | Los Angeles, California |
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Died |
West of Island of Sylt | 24 August 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Weimar, Germany in B-17 42-97558 'Tis Me Sugar' 24-Aug-44 Crashed / Ditched into North Sea West of Island of Sylt KIA MACR 8200 |
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Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Tablets of the Missing | |
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Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Glatton | 24 August 1944 | Assigned to 748BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
West End Cemetery Stephenville, Erath County, TX | Memorialised West End Cemetery Stephenville, Erath County, Texas | |
| Riverside, CA | At time of draft registration, working for Riverside Foundry, Riverside, California. |
Revisions
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
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1993 457th BGA Roster, ABMC, MACR 8200 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8200 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
