John N Zneimer

Military

My late father, John N. “Jack” Zneimer, is listed on your website with some inaccurate information. 
My dad was a decorated 1st Lt. Navigator with the 401st Bomb Group based in Deenethorpe and flew in the 614th & 615th squadrons. 
He was buried with full military honors at the Sarasota National Cemetery several months ago, and I filed his military papers there as well. 
His full name was John Nicolas Zneimer but he was known to his friends as “Jack” and that is what he requested be used on his marker. Because the military would only allow one name, the information on his grave marker reads as follows: 
Zneimer, Jack N. 
1st Lt. US Army Air Forces 
World War II 
07/03/1925 
06/28/2022 
 

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Aircraft

A flight of B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 401st Bomb Group. B-17 (serial number 44-8153) is visible in the foreground. Printed caption on reverse: '59329 AC- 8th AF Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses over Mannheim, Germany, 1 February 1945. A- 8th AF Beoing B-17 Flying Fortresses near Ludwigshafen, Germany, 1 February 1945.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'IW-N Becomin Back, 338738. IN-C, IW-F,-Q.'

43-38738

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Gaposis, Becomin’ Back
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

43-38791

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Damaged B-17 Flying Fortresses including (serial number 44-6146) of the 401st Bomb Group, and of the 486th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'IN-R, 401BG.' A veteran has handwritten on reverse: 'Winter of 1944. This plane's bombardier was my best friend in high school. We joined the aviation cadets together in fall of 1942. Plane is from the 486th Bomb Group. It was struck in the rear by another plane in formation and tail gunner fell to his death over Germany. The Germans buried him and sent ph

44-6146

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Cheezer
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron

Missions

896

  • Date: 19 March 1945
  • Official Description:
A B-24 Liberator of the 467th Bomb Group flies over Berlin during a mission. 18 March 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '18/3/45 Berlin.'

894

  • Date: 18 March 1945

892

  • Date: 17 March 1945

889

  • Date: 15 March 1945

Places

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Certificate of Service filed at the Sarasota National Cemetery 

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My Dad’s military records are filed at the Sarasota National Cemetery.

He was a decorated First Lieutenant in the US Army Airforces.

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http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2742

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2742