John Marvin Capps
Military
Object Number - UPL 18406 - SSGT John Marvin Capps Tail Gunner Crew #637 - John S. Archer Crew
Shot down by fighters and crashed at Zui Dveen on 8/15/44 in B-24 'True Love' #41-29449, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Connections
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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: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-809346
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: True Love
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 15 August 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA | 18 March 1917 | |
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Died |
Dexter, MO 63841, USA | 26 May 1995 | |
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Buried |
Dexter, MO 63841, USA | 29 May 1995 | Dexter Cemetery Dexter Stoddard County Missouri, USA |
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Other Shot Down/Captured |
Meppel, Netherlands | 15 August 1944 | |
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Other POW |
Tychowo, Poland | Stalag Luft IV |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
466th BG HIstorian
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8429 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
