John Wayne Thayer Jr

Military

Assigned to 854BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD





Awards: AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

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

People

Donald Elwood Woodward

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19082165 / O-684447
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

"Movement of Unit Flight Echelon, 491st Bomb Gp (H), dd 14 Mar 44 & amendments thereto dd 18 Unr 44 & 22 Mar 44 & 2nd AF Memo 35-2, dd 11 Apr 44• This is a TEMPORARY change of station.

44-40237

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Warren, Trumbull County, OH 22 March 1918 Son of John Wayne Sr and Jessie Lois [McElwain] Thayer. Grandson of George W and Ursula Linch [McLaughlin] McElwain.

Enlisted

8 July 1942 Cleveland, Ohio

Other

Commissioned

5 December 1943 Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant.

Other

Discharged USAAF

10 October 1945

Died

Macedonia, OH 29 March 1997

Buried

Macedonia, Ohio Macedonia, Summit County, Ohio

Based

Metfield Assigned to 854BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF.
Cleveland, OH

Revisions

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.491st.org roster