John Victor Wargo
MilitaryAssigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Ran out of fuel and crashed at Noyelles on 11-Jul-44 in B-24 41-28713 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 389th Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron 735th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16104085 and O-760762
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron 733rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-25999
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot, / Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Columbus, OH | 16 August 1923 | Son of Lewis and Elizabeth Wargo. |
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Enlisted |
Columbus, OH | 1 February 1943 | Columbus, Ohio |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 11 July 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Died |
Carroll, OH | 29 June 2005 | |
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Based |
Hethel | 11 July 1944 | Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Columbus, Franklin County, OH | Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/165665003/john-victor-wargo
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7491 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database