John McCluskey

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed In Action (KIA) 19 July 1944. Mid-air collision near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, between

B-17 42-30851 (crashed at Thurston, Suffolk) and B-17 43-37623 (damaged but returned to base), en route to bomb Schweinfurt.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

Ground personnel of the 388th Bomb Group with their Cletrac and a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30851) nicknamed "Little Boy Blue". Image via B Cook. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17F-125-BO "Little Boy Blue" 560th BS, 388th BG, s/n 42-30851. Lost in mid-air 7-19-44.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Boy Blue
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

19 July 1944

Born

New Jersey

Buried

Revisions

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Sources

ABMC http://www.abmc.gov/search-abmc-burials-and-memorializations/detail/WWI…

'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces. Volume 4. ETO Area - July 1944 - September 1944.' Bishop, Stan D & Hey, John A. Bishop Book Productions. 2013. ISBN 978-0-9547685-4-6

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ABMC / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia