John Elder Collins
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Snippet from 93rd Bomb Group unit history - see https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/25116
Object Number - UPL 25930 - John E. Collins, 93rd Bomb Group
SSgt. John Elder Collins was assigned as a B-24 waist gunner to the 328th BS, the 93rd BG, in the 8th AF, USAAF. He was killed in action (KIA) while serving on B-24 41-23745, Katy Bug. His aircraft sustained engine failures on two engines and crashed into a tree while attempting an emergency landing at Little Stukeley. 18-Nov-42.
Awards: PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 455th Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 16041581 / O-53805
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Katy Bug
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 18 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Vidalia, GA | 28 August 1918 | Son of Kelly B and Leila F Collins. |
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Other Killed on Mission (KOM) |
Little Stukeley, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 18 November 1942 | Killed when his aircraft sustained failure on two engines and hit a tree while attempting an emergency landing at Little Stukeley. |
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Buried |
Westview Cemetery Soperton, Treutlen County, GA | Originally buried at Brookwood cemetery, after the war his remains were repatriated to the United States and re-interred in Georgia. Westview Cemetery Soperton, Treutlen County, Georgia | |
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Based |
Alconbury | 18 November 1942 | Assigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Removed punctuation marks from around aircraft name for clarity, uniformity, and readability. - Kickapoo
Lee Cunningham 28-Nov-2014, Edited biography; made Place, Aircraft and Mission associations; added KOM event all per "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Volume I by Bishop and Hey p. 47
