John Marvin Capps
Military
Tail Gunner
Crew #637 - John S. Archer Crew
466th BG HIstorian
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
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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 |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA | 18 March 1917 | |
Died |
Dexter, MO 63841, USA | 26 May 1995 | |
Buried |
Dexter, MO 63841, USA | 29 May 1995 | Dexter Cemetery Dexter Stoddard County Missouri, USA |
Other Shot Down/Captured |
Meppel, Netherlands | 15 August 1944 | |
Other POW |
Tychowo, Poland | Stalag Luft IV |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to biography
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to middlename, service number, highest rank, awards, events, person associations, place associations and mission associations
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ContributorAAM
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Sources
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