John R McCormick
Military
Rear L-R: Unk, 2Lt Ray R. Woltman, 2Lt William Feinstein, 2Lt John R McCormick
Front L-R: Unk, S/Sgt William G Logan, Sgt Charles Fellows, Sgt William F. "Bill" Garner, S/Sgt Reynaldo Garcia, S/Sgt Joseph F Stritch
Object Number - UPL 36945 - McCormic's crew of the 8th AF 398th Bomb Group by their B-17 at their base in England, 23 January 1945. Rear L-R: Unk, 2Lt Ray R. Woltman, 2Lt...
Assigned to 602BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. 26+ combat missions. Involved in the mid-air collision between his B-17 42-97387 'Maude an' Maria' and B-17 43-38697 of (603rd BS) on the 3-Feb-45 mission to Berlin. Captured in Kahlstorf, East of Lehmke, Germany on 3-Feb-45. He and Bombardier/togglier William Logan were the sole survivors of the crash. Both were Prisoners of War (POW). (Bill Logan was killed on 4-Apr-45 by friendly fire from P-47s on a forced march, south of Nurnberg, Germany). Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 12214.
Awards: AM (3 OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Recalled to USAF, for service in Korean and Vietnam conflicts flying B-36's and B-52's.
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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: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12125236 / O-828397
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38554582
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35893396
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39695900
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32978116
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier/Togglier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Maude an Maria
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 3 February 1945
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
DeKalb, Illinois | 8 October 1918 | Son of John J and Mary [Jordan] McCormick. |
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Enlisted |
Camp Grant, IL | 30 January 1943 | Camp Grant, Illinois |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Moosburg, Germany | 3 February 1945 - 29 April 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Last interned at Stalag Luft VIIa. Liberated there by US troops on 29 April 1945 |
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Other Baled out, captured |
Kahlstorf, Germany | 3 February 1945 | Involved in the mid-air collision between his B-17 42-97387 'Maude an' Maria' and B-17 43-38697 of (603rd BS). Captured in Kahlstorf, East of Lehmke, Germany on Prisoner of War (POW) on 3 February 1945 |
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Died |
DeKalb, IL | 10 November 2008 | |
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Buried |
Fairview Cemetery De Kalb, DeKalb County, IL | 14 November 2008 | Fairview Cemetery De Kalb, DeKalb County, Illinois |
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Based |
Nuthampstead | 3 February 1945 | Assigned to 602BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added some punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.
Corrected details in Biography (for example, he was captured in Kahlstorf, not Karlsdorff, Germany...)
MACR 12214
German report KU-3652 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147913838 (NARA)
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000 MACR 12214. Mention in Hell from Heaven: Memoirs of a WW II B-17 Bombardier by Streitfeld with picture of some crew members on p. 115