John Kent Childs
Military ROLL OF HONOURShared with the American Air Museum by Peter Saunders, one of the founding members of the Friends of Leiston Airfield: http://www.friendsofleistonairfield.co.uk/
Assigned to 363FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Argentan in P-51B 43-6563, hit in coolant system whilst strafing truck convoy, crashed near Mortagne Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5622.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 363rd Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 10 June 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Champaign, IL, USA | 27 May 1942 | |
Based |
Leiston | 26 May 1944 - 10 June 1944 | Assigned to 363FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
61400 Mortagne-au-Perche, France | 10 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Argentan in P-51B 43-6563, hit in coolant system whilst strafing truck convoy, crashed near Mortagne KIA. MACR 5622. |
Other Promotion |
29 June 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. Posthumous. | |
Born |
Jefferson County, IL, USA | Son of John Scott and Myra E Childs. | |
Buried |
3805 Madison St, Oak Brook, IL 60523, USA | Bronswood Cemetery Oak Brook DuPage County, IL |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/310763232?terms=John%20K%20Childs
https://www.fold3.com/image/28623564
https://www.fold3.com/record/84386946-john-k-childs
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=43-6563&Submit6=Go
http://www.friendsofleistonairfield.co.uk/honour.php
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117677455/john-kent-childs
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5622 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list