John D Contento

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-36113.png UPL 36113 Professional military portrait of Sgt. John Contento.
Handwritten on reverse:'Sgt. John Contento, Tail Gunner'.
Nuthampstead Airfield Museum collection

398th Bomb Group Collection via Nuthampstead Airfield Museum. Museum object reference number: NAM040-11

Object Number - UPL 36113 - Professional military portrait of Sgt. John Contento. Handwritten on reverse:'Sgt. John Contento, Tail Gunner'.

On plane that crashed upon takeoff. Injured in trying to save others. Details in "Hell from Heaven" by Leonard Streitfeld".



Soldier's Medal for actions to save crew mates 12/24/44.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.

398th Bomb Group

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

People

William H Davidson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: ball Turret Gunner

David V Flores

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Donald E Grinter

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Franklin D Harrod

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator; Bombardier

Harold D Johnson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

42-102536

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Here's Hopin
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron

Places

Revisions

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Connected all the crew together

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Contributorjmoore43
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Removed some punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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Added some punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

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Information From His Daughter Linda Schmidt (Contento)

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Hell from Heaven: Memoirs of a WW II B-17 Bombardier and 398th web site

John D Contento: Gallery (8 items)

Object number: UPL 31965 - A Letter home from John Contento

Object number: UPL 31966 - John Contento`s Mission Journal Including the...

Object number: UPL 31967 - Crash Site of the Here`s Hopin`

Object number: UPL 31968 - Obituary for John Contento

Object number: UPL 36113 - Professional military portrait of Sgt. John...

Object number: UPL 36120 - Crew with Stoffer: Back (L-R) Kiser?; unknown...

Object number: UPL 36134 - Crew Picture: Back L-R: Stoffer, ??, ??, ??, ??,...