John P Kogut

Military

8th mission. After take off for mission to ST Pol, FR on 31 Jan 1944, B-24D #42-63970 'Heavenly Daze' experienced mechanical problems and the crew baled out over England and the aircraft was shot down over the North Sea. RTD. 16th mission. Damaged. Landed in Switzerland after completing the bomb run on Friedrichshafen, GR on 16 Mar 1944 in B-24D #42-40969 'Big Noise'. Interned.



AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.

93rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-40969

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Big Noise
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Clayville, New York 6 March 1923

Other

Interned (INT)

France 16 March 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3531 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self, MACR 3531, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces