349th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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Jack Winston Raper
Military
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2 Lt John Winston "Jack" Raper 100th Bomb Group, 349th Bomb Squadron
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St Mary, Ashby, Somerleyton, Suffolk
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The Ralph W Wright Crew, 100th Bomb Group, 349th Squadron Standing, L-R: Bernard Palmquist; Robert Montonado; Pat Madsen; Jack Willburn; George McCleary. Kneeling, L-R: Ralph Wright; Jack Raper; Carl Herrmann; Richard Curran
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B17 42-38053, Cap'n Crow
Killed in AC#42-38053 in a form up accident over the base. on 7 May 1944. Target was Berlin. The plane had flares stored in the top turret and for some reason they exploded and the pilot ordered the crew to bail out The pilot Wright and Raper were possibly overcome by fumes and passed out. The rest of the crew bailed out, in all 5 of the crew were killed.
Service
Units served with
Aircraft
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42-38053 Cap'n Crow
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; Wendover 20/12/43; Assigned 457BG Glatton 10/2/44; transferred 349BS/100BG [XR-G] Thorpe Abbotts 21/1/44; soon after t/off to Berlin 7/5/44 with Ralph Wright, Co-pilot: Jack Raper, Navigator: Rich Curran, Bombardier: Carl...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Amory, MS, USA | 19 May 1921 |
| Died | Herringfleet, Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK | 7 May 1944 |
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Buried with his Pilot, Ralph Wright in Plot G Row 4 Grave 159 |
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Revisions
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| 03 September 2015 10:15:26 | usxpat | Changes to events and place associations |
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American Battle Monuments Commission |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 03 September 2015 10:13:10 | usxpat | Changes to place associations and media associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 08 May 2015 16:37:19 | usxpat | Changes to middlename, firstname, nickname, service number, awards, events and media associations |
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https://100thbg.com |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:13:56 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Combat Chronology p. 130 Supplement p. 432 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
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