John Harley Combs Jr
MilitaryShot down 25 April 1944 in B-24 #42-52335 'Admirable Little Character'. Prisoner of War (POW). Ended his military career as a Colonel in the US Air Force.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33580391
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37314739
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12073349 at enlistment, then O-810224
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32557920
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18119298
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
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Missions
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
22 December 1921 | St Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, United States | |
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Enlisted |
29 May 1942 | Birmingham, Alabama | |
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Other Bailed out of |
25 April 1944 | from B-24 # 42-52335 "Admirable Little Character"; landed near Ponthion (Marne), France | |
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Other Prisoner Of War (POW) |
25 April 1944 | Interned at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan/Zagan, Poland. Force-marched from there to Stalag 7A Moosburg, Germany and liberated there by US troops on 29 April 1945. NARA WWII POW database: "Returned to military control 16 May 1945." | |
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Died |
13 August 1998 | Tallahassee, Florida | |
| Homewood, Jefferson County, Alabama | |||
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Buried |
John Combs rests at Culley's Meadow Wood Memorial Park in Tallahassee, Florida |
Revisions
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
WWII Draft Card
Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4342 / MACR 4342 & Page 274 of the book LIBERAORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 &
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