John R Koppitz

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) 21 June 1944 in B-24 #4295130. See Joseph D. Salisbury.



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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

A B-24 Liberator (IS-P) of the 703rd Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group prepares for take off. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'A B-24 takes off from our field. During the war many Fortresses and Liberators made emergency landings here due to shortage of fuel, or being shot up, or weathered off their home base, or casualties aboard.'

42-95130

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Spirit of Pocahontas
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

21 June 1944

Born

Pennsylvania

Buried

Other

Interned (INT)

North Sea 21 June 1944

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Sources

Birsic, ABMC, MACR 6766, 2AD Roll of Honor / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6766 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database