John A Farquhar

Military

Crashed at Kienwerder on 10/7/44 in B-17 'Cover Girl' #44-6145, Prisoner of War (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.'

401st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-6145

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Cover Girl
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Quincy, Massachusetts, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 7 October 1944

Revisions

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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9756 / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000, MACR 9756,

href="http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2717">http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2717> / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database