John R Reynolds
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
L-R: Frank D Guernsey, Edgar Bruce 'Skinny' Gravette, John R. Reynolds, Lewis S Peter Jr.
Object Number - UPL 45657 - Pilots of 504FS, 339FG in front of P-51 'FABASCA'. L-R: Frank D Guernsey, Edgar Bruce 'Skinny' Gravette, John R. Reynolds, Lewis S Peter Jr.
Assigned to 505FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Downed by flak near Weiszenburg in P-51 44-14069. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8695
Shot by two Nazi party officials "while attempting to escape" near Ingolstadt in Bavaria/Ger. Perpetrators were sentenced to death and hanged as war criminals at Landsberg/Lech on 04/03/1947.
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 339th Fighter Group 505th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Harrison County, KY | 19 May 1915 | Son of James Patterson and Luella D. “Tilly” [Sweeney] Reynolds. |
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Enlisted |
Lexington, KY | 12 June 1942 | Lexington, Kentucky |
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Died |
Ingolstadt, Germany | 10 September 1944 | Shot by two Nazi party officials "while attempting to escape" near Ingolstadt in Bavaria, Germany. |
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Other Downed by flak |
Weiszenburg, Germany | 10 September 1944 | Downed by flak near Weiszenburg in P-51 44-14069. MACR 8695 |
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Buried |
Re-Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial St. Avold, France Plot K Row 32 Grave 13 | ||
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Based |
Fowlmere | 10 September 1944 | Assigned to 505FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8695 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
