John Kennard Hurst

Military

Shot down 20 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30719 'Shatzi'. Evaded. Escape & Evasion Report E&E 323.

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Units served with

390th Bomb Group

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

A B-17 Flying Fortress (TS-C, serial number 42-9768) of the 333rd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, takes off in front of another B-17 Flying Fortress (CC-Z) of the 569th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group.

569th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Charles Alvin Bolig

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 33236651
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Herman E Gruntmeir

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner

Harry E Johnson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Richard H Johnson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Billy D Lincoln

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-30719

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Shatzi
Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron

Missions

VIII Bomber Command 116

Date: 20 October 1943

Places

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

Framlingham

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Parham

Events

Event	Date	Description
Born	20 September 1919	Anderson, Texas
Enlisted	8 January 1942	as an Aviation Cadet in the Air Corps, in San Antonio, Texas
Other Bailed out	20 October 1943	of B-17 42-30719; landed near Hintham, The Netherlands
Other evaded capture	20 October 1943 - 11 January 1944	Helped by Dutch, Belgian and French citizens and Résistance members. Hidden in many places and led from Holland to Brussels, then to Paris and from there to Spain. Guided across the Pyrenees mountains and arrived in Spain on 21 December 1943. Led to Gibraltar where he arrived on 11 January 1944. Left Gibraltar by air on 17 January 1944, landing in London on the same day.
Died	3 January 2005	in Austin, Texas
		Anderson, Texas
Buried		John Hurst rests at the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Anderson, Grimes County, Texas.

Revisions

Date26 Oct 2018 14:54:25

ContributorED-BB

Changes

Sources

MACR 1039
WWII Draft Cards
NARA WWI Enlistment records
Escape & Evasion Report E&E 323
Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File

Date27 Sep 2014 18:16:21

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1039 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database