John A Cumpson

Military

Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-17 #4231521 'Badland Bat. ' Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Badland bat
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

St Thomas, Ontario, CANADA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 29 April 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4346 / MACR 4346, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=928 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database