John E Bauer

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to Frankfurt in P-51 'Georgetta' 44-13725. Became separated from squadron in overcast. Pilot Lt John E Bauer Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8545.



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

43-12460

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Bottleneck
  • Unit: 479th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 436th Fighter Squadron 554th Fighter Training Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron

44-13725

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Georgette
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron

Places

Lieutenant-Colonel Elwyn G. Righetti of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group stands beside his P-51 Mustang, "Katydid". Print signed 'Best of everything your big loud Elwyn', 1944-1945.

Wormingford

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Miami Beach, FL, USA 5 February 1943

Other

Crashed

Goxhill, Barrow-upon-Humber DN19, UK 11 August 1944 Landing Accident Goxhill/Sta 345 Cat 3 damage 2Lt John E Bauer, 11-Aug-44. P-51C* 43-12460W - 555FTS 496FTG 8AF

Died

78300 Poissy, France 1 September 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to Frankfurt in P-51 'Georgetta' 44-13725. Became separated from squadron in overcast. Pilot Lt John E Bauer Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8545.

Buried

91580 Villeneuve-sur-Auvers, France 2 September 1944 Interred Villeneuve sur Auvers.
Allegheny County, PA, USA

Based

Wormingford 1 September 1944 Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Re-Interred Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial

Born

Allegheny County, PA, USA

Revisions

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Sources

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=44-13725&Submit6=Go
https://www.fold3.com/image/28674336
https://www.fold3.com/page/83864311_john_e%20bauer/details/
http://www.database-memoire.eu/prive/en-us/st-james-all-soldiers/102-st…
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Bauer%2C+John+E&…
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Bauer&GSfn=John&G…;

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8545 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list