John Portz Shaw Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 26704
The Michelson Crew
(Not in this particular order)
Standing:
David Michelson, John P. Shaw, Jr., Donald Boyd, Mevin Weiss
Kneeling:
William Hovanec, Duncun Patterson (2nd in from the left), Enoch Wooten, Jack Jones, Arnold Marinoff
(Not in this particular order)
Standing:
David Michelson, John P. Shaw, Jr., Donald Boyd, Mevin Weiss
Kneeling:
William Hovanec, Duncun Patterson (2nd in from the left), Enoch Wooten, Jack Jones, Arnold Marinoff
Identity of Duncan Patterson is verified by family (a niece from his surviving sister Elizabeth Patterson who passed on after him)
Killed in action on 18 July 1944 when his B-24 Liberator 42-51187 was involved a mid-air collision with an RAF Halifax V LL364 near Marigny-l'Eglise.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-703598
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 35533579
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 32787037
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Airplane Mechanic-Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-807758
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 12072733
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Airplane Mechanic-Gunner, Engineer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 801st Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
18 July 1944 | ||
Born |
Haddon Heights, New Jersey |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
Combat Chronology, http://www.801492.org/MainMenu.htm / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia