John Winston Raper
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
100th Bomb Group, 349th Bomb Squadron
Find A Grave Memorial# 55902979
Object Number - UPL 15876 - 2 Lt John Winston "Jack" Raper 100th Bomb Group, 349th Bomb Squadron
Killed in B-17 42-38053 in a form up accident over the base. on 7-May-44. 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. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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![Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-378743.jpg.webp?itok=HBB0lqjl)
- 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: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-753834
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Jenny Lee aka Cap'n Crow
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 457th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Amory, MS, USA | 19 May 1921 | Son of William Taylor and Zadie Ethel [Armstrong] Raper. |
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Died |
Herringfleet, Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK | 7 May 1944 | |
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Buried |
8 May 1944 | Buried with his Pilot, Ralph Wright in Plot G Row 4 Grave 159 | |
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Based |
Thorpe Abbotts | 7 May 1944 | Assigned to 349BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Plot G Row 4 Grave 159 |
Revisions
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Final Flights, Ian McLachlan, ©1989
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Find A Grave Memorial# 55902979
Combat Chronology p. 130 Supplement p. 432 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
