John Mathew Myers
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Memorial in Blackmore vilage church to crew of B26
Object Number - UPL 60064 - Memorial, Blackmore Village church, Essex
Buried in Cambridge, there is also a cenotaph for Cpl Myers is in Maple Grove Cemetery, Ovid, Michigan. He is mentioned on the Clinton County Veterans Memorial in St Johns, Michigan, as well.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Baby Doll III
- Unit: 572nd Bomb Squadron 391st Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
- Known as: "Moons Farm", Norpitts, Ashingdon, Essex
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Ovid, Michigan, USA | 10 October 1919 | |
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Enlisted |
8 April 1941 | ||
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Died |
24 September 1944 | Aircraft 42-95823 crashed landed in severe weather, killing all crew | |
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Buried |
Buried in Cambridge American Cemetery: Plot E Row3 grave115 |
Revisions
ancestry.com: headstine/internment records; enlistment record, WWII draft card
findagrave.com
Forgotten Final Flight of Baby Doll III, Neil McCarthy, isbn 9798612359333
9th Air Force Roll of Honor (IWM in liaison with Ninth Air Force veterans and group associations, American Battle Monuments Commission, and Buddies of the Ninth Association) / B-26 memorials guide
