John Joseph Molans
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 42133 - S/Sgt John Joseph Molans, 568th BS, 390th BG, 8th AF.
Assigned to 568BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. Crew Number 25 (Bill Spragins) crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Mannheim in B-17 42-107176 'Univited Missionaries'; crashed into channel Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 11801
Awards: AM, PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19188108 / O-780054
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Uninvited Missionaires / The Missionaires
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 21 January 1945
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
![A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380433.jpg.webp?itok=L7HbOA_i)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Seymour, Connecticut, USA | 12 October 1925 | Son of Ruth L Molans. |
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Enlisted |
New Haven, CT | 17 September 1943 | New Haven, Connecticut |
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Died |
21 January 1945 | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 21 January 1945 | |
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Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56292599/john-j-molans
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11801 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
