John Quinn Curtin
Military
L-R: Doy Cloud (RO), Robert Compton (TG), Lawrence Wager (WG), Eugene Boger (CP), Randolph “Jake” Jacobs (P), John Curtin (N), James Seibel (B), Donald Gorham (BT), Jack Goetz (E/TT), Aldo Gregori (Asst. Eng.)
384th Bomb Group collection
Object Number - UPL 66414 - Randolph Jacobs crew 001, 544th Bomb Squad, 384th Bomb Group. May, 1943; Casper, Wyoming. L-R: Doy Cloud (RO), Robert Compton (TG), Lawrence Wager...
Ditched 30 December 1943 in B-17 #42-31274 'Sea Hag.' Rescued and returned to base. Shot down on 8 May 1944 in B-17 #42-31211. Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air Crew Report #1768
POW
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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: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-798297
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35472350
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33192689
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16018325
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Military Occupation specialty 757-Radio Operator/Mechanic/Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-447290
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: El Rauncho
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 94th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Reno's Raider
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sea Hag
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 8 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Assigned |
Grafton Underwood, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN14, UK | 31 July 1943 | Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group 544th Bombardment Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #59 dated 31 July 1943, Randolph George Edward Jacobs Crew. 26 combat missions. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 8 May 1944 | POW Camp: Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11) |
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Born |
Rochester, New York, USA |
Revisions
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2015-07-18 Consolidated from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=c...
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1768, MACR 4560, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / MACR 4560 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database