John Edmond Guy

Military
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Object Number - UPL 42981 - John Guy’s Dog Tag on page 16 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139543154 (NARA)

Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-17 #42-40000 "Just Nothing". Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

People

Harlan David Bunn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38301982
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Harvey G Hesse

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-802566
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Francis Carrol Krahling

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13082080 at enlistment, then O-695722
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
King George VI meets the crew of a B-24 Liberator during his first official visit to the 93rd Bomb Group at Alconbury. 11 November 1942. In front from left to right: Colonel E.J. Timberlake; King George VI; Lieutenant L.F. Schmidt, from New Hampton, New York; Captain C.A. Culpepper, from Poplarville, Missouri; Captain C.D. Lee, from Spartansburg, South Carolina. In back from left to right: Sergeant Phillip Salamon, from Archibald, Pennsylvania; Sergeant Oda A. Smathers, from Ashville, North Carolina; Serg

Charles Dixon Lee

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-370171
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot / Co-Pilot

Prevost Marshall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (91st Bomb Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-419035
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Navigator; Bombardier

Aircraft

42-40000

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Just Nothing / Quad Zero
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron

Missions

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29155) nicknamed "Picadilly Commando" of the 446th Bomb Group. First handwritten caption on reverse: '446BG B/24 leaving Ruhr on its way home 22 April 1944.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '22/4/44, 21,000 Ft. Hamm, smoke screen in distance.'

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  • Date: 22 April 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Reese, North Carolina 12 July 1922 Reese, Watauga County, North Carolina

Enlisted

16 January 1943 Camp Croft, South Carolina

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

22 April 1944 Interned at Stalag 9C in Bad Sulza, Saxe-Weimar, Germany. NARA WWII POW record : “Returned to Military Control 30 January 1945.”

Died

2 July 2009

Buried

John Guy rests at the Orchard Grove Cemetery in Kittery, Maine

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Merged dup Born events.

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Capitalized the words "Waist Gunner" in the "Role/job" field.

 

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Frank Scorsune was not on board 42-40000 when it was lost

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Connection with Prevost Marshall

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MACR 4259
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
VA Gravesite Locator
Veterans Affairs BIRLS death File

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MACR 4259

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4259 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

John Edmond Guy: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 42981 - John Guy’s Dog Tag on page 16 at https://catalog...

Object number: UPL 51454 - Just Nothing ( 42-40000 DF-F) Hesse Crew, 324th BS...