John Joseph Connor Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to Brunswick, Engine caught fire, crashed near Ostenholz in P-38J 42-67901 Killed in Action (KIA) 8-May-44. MACR 4543.



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-67901

  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Philadelphia, PA 2 October 1942 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Based

Wittering 18 January 1944 - 8 May 1944 Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Promotion

West Wittering, UK 3 May 1944 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Ostenholz, 29664 Osterheide, Germany 8 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to Brunswick, crashed near Ostenholz in P-38J 42-67901 Killed in Action (KIA) 8-May-44. MACR 4543.

Buried

Ostenholz, Germany 9 May 1944 Interred Ostenholz cemetery
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial

Born

New Jersey

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/83831697/john-j-connor-jr-wwii-army-enlist…

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Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- JCook Photo Collection & Archives
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 4543;
- King's Cliffe Memorial Edition;
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=67901&Submit6=Go
https://www.fold3.com/image/29029863
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56357652/john-j-connor

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

MACR 4543 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database