John Washington Platt

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin 7-May-44 in B-17 42-39943 'Lassie Come Home'; shot down by flak, crashed Hohnebostel, seven miles SE of Celle Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4587



Award: PH.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

Browning Glen Grimmett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39532652 / O-754338
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-39943

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lassie Come Home
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Mooringsport, Louisiana 22 September 1922 Son of Albert Sidney and Ivey Angeline [Heard] Platt.

Enlisted

Shreveport, LA 3 November 1942 Shreveport, Louisiana

Died

7 May 1944

Based

Deenethorpe 7 May 1944 Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium Plot D Row 12 Grave 44

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56360336/john-washington-platt
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ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Brought in information from a duplicate record. Source:
MACR 4587 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4587, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1256