John Lucian Fair
Military
Object Number - UPL 71149 - T/Sgt John L. Fair
Assigned to 532BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. Keyes, D. Crew. Failed to Return (FTR) 3rd mission (Dusseldorf), shot down in B-17 42-30151 'Spare Parts'. Made an emergency landing NE of St Omer, France. Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: PH, POW, EAME, WWII Victory
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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: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Spare Parts
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd 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 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Mount Vernon, Ohio | 20 July 1923 | BornMount Vernon, Ohio |
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Enlisted |
Akron, Ohio | 29 December 1942 | EnlistedAkron, Ohio |
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Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
Stalag Luft IV, Tychowo, Poland | 4 March 1944 - 1 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW)Stalag Luft IV, Tychowo, Poland |
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Other Discharged |
29 October 1945 | ||
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Died |
23 July 1986 | ||
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Buried |
Mound View Cemetery Mount Vernon, Ohio | 26 July 1986 | InterredMound View CemeteryMount Vernon, Ohio |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2910 / MACR 2910, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
