John V Garcia Sr
Military
Mug photo taken from his Germany id card.
Object Number - UPL 57493 - Sgt. John V. Garcia Sr. POW mug photo. Belly Gunner in a B-24 eleven days after being shot down.
Assigned to 846BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by fighters and crashed at Surburg on 31-7-44 in B-24 42-95155, Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: AM (3OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 846th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Holton
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 31 July 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Born |
Anadarko, OK USA | ||
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Based |
Halesworth | 31 July 1944 | Assigned to 846BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7754 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
