John I McMillan Jr
MilitaryJohn I. McMillan was a Top Turret Gunner in the 96th Bomb Group / 338th Bomb Squadron. Shot down on the Munich mission 18 March 1944 in B-17 #42-30810 - Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 3422.
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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: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-693602
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12084275
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15334099
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-061261
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-668267
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 18 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Gross Tychow / Tychowo, Poland | 18 March 1944 | Interned at Stalag Luft 4 in Gross Tychow / Tychowo (Poland). NARA WWII POW records: "Returned to Military control 8 June 1945." |
Born |
Kingfisher, Oklahoma, USA |
Revisions
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3422, Losses of teh 8th & 9th Air Forces; Snetterton Falcons, pg 118
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
MACR 3422 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database