John Norman Cardiff
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. On Hamburg mission 6-Nov-44 A/C took 88mm hit in vicinity of radio room, hit in abdomen by flak. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Bloomington, CA | 26 February 1924 | Son of Malcolm Torrey Cardiff. |
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Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA | 31 July 1942 | Los Angeles, California |
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Died |
Hamburg, Germany | 6 November 1944 | |
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Buried |
7 November 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | |
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Buried |
Bellevue Memorial Park Ontario, San Bernardino County, CA | Re-Interred Bellevue Memorial Park Ontario, San Bernardino County, California | |
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Based |
Bassingbourn | 6 November 1944 | Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia