John Peter Vournakis
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssociated person and group.
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 42-3056. Killed in Action (KIA).
He enlisted in the Army on September 11, 1941, prior to the war, in Huntington West Virginia. He was noted, at the time of enlistment, as being employed as a manager and also single with no dependents.
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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: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 14 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Killed in action |
14 October 1943 | ||
Born |
Hollidays Cove, West Virginia | ||
Buried/ Commemorated |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entries to indclude details from:
MACR 955;
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56361441/john-p-vournakis via user Glen Owen - https://www.americanairmuseum.com/user/37395
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 955; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 284 and 345