John Joseph Cudihy

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-44996.png UPL 44996 John Cudihy’s Dog Tag on page 55 of German document KU-2590 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147892238 (NARA)

page 55 of German document KU-2590 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147892238

Object Number - UPL 44996 - John Cudihy’s Dog Tag on page 55 of German document KU-2590 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147892238 (NARA)

Shot down by fighters and crashed 800m South of Hassenhausen, Germany on 29 July 1944 in B-17 #43-37655. Killed In Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

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

People

James Buchanan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36875728
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Morris Earl Clark

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11095094 at enlistment, then O-818606
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Nelson John Clifford

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32545628
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Joseph William Foote

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12139839 at enlistment, then O-712544
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Frank James Gerlach

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11073255
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

43-37655

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States 27 May 1916

Enlisted

21 October 1942 Boston, Massachusetts

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Hassenhausen, Germany 29 July 1944

Buried

30 July 1944 Hassenhausen cemetery, Germany
Marblehead, Massachusetts

Buried

after the war his remains were brought to the Temporary Lorraine American Cemetery, France

Buried

His remains were brought back to the US in 1949. John Cudihy rests at the Star of the Sea Cemetery in Marblehead, Massachusetts

Revisions

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Sources

MACR 7812
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
NARA WWII POW records
WWII Headstone Applications

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

MACR 7812

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7812 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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