Johannes Goemaat

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-48716.png UPL 48716 S/SGT Johannes "Jay" Goemaat
445th Bomb Group
700th Bomb Squadron
DOB: 18 Dec 1918 // KIA 24 Mar 1945 

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Object Number - UPL 48716 - S/SGT Johannes "Jay" Goemaat 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron DOB: 18 Dec 1918 // KIA 24 Mar 1945 

Killed in Action (KIA) on 24 March 1945 in B-24 #42-50620





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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-50620

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Paterson, New Jersey 18 December 1918

Enlisted

12 January 1944 "Received training at Greensboro, NC, and other points before going overseas in November, 1944," according to the 29 March 1946 edition of The News (Paterson, NJ).

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Wesel, Germany 24 March 1945

Buried

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Remains discovered at crash site by German civilian in October, 1952. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46706908/johannes-goemaat

Revisions

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Updated with enlistment details from 29 March 1946 edition of The News (Paterson, NJ)

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Updated burial info via Reno-Gazette-Journal (Reno, NV), 3 Mar 1954

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Updated

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Update

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MACR 13545 // The Morning Call (Paterson, NJ) 29 Mar 1946 

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- History of the 445th Bomb Group by Rudolph Birsic;
- MACR 13545;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Birsic, 2AD Roll of Honor/ MACR 13545 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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