John Stewart Hemingway

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 23 November 1942 in B-17 41-24503 'Pandora's Box' while serving as Bombardier. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

324th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

91st Bomb Group

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

People

Phillip K Baxter

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-727075
Highest Rank: Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

John Lynn Boomer

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 36305914
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Louis E Emerson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 17015920
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner

Fidel Hernandez

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 19039467
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Duane Leroy Jones

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 17012427 / O-427139
Highest Rank: Captain
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-24503

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Pandora's Box
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron

Missions

VIII Bomber Command 23

Date: 23 November 1942
Official Description:

Places

Aerial photograph of Bassingbourn airfield looking east, Whaddon is at the top, the bomb dump is to the left of the main runway, which runs vertically; the control tower and technical site with four C-Type hangars is on the right, 23 August 1945. Photograph taken by No. 542 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/692. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial

Site type: Cemetery
Known as: Brittany Cemetary

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other Killed in Action (KIA)	Île d'Houat, France	23 November 1942	Killed when the aircraft was attacked by German aircraft and crashed into the sea near the Ile d'Houat, France
Other Commemorated	Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK		Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery.

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Île d'Houat, France

23 November 1942

Killed when the aircraft was attacked by German aircraft and crashed into the sea near the Ile d'Houat, France

Other

Commemorated

Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK

Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery.

Revisions

Date26 Feb 2018 14:22:16

ContributorED-BB

Changes

Sources

completed middle name and connected with other crew member (Boomer)

Date30 Nov 2014 20:21:22

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

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Lee Cunningham 30-Nov-2014. Added KIA event per MACR 16162; added Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record.

Date5 Nov 2014 21:35:59

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

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Lee Cunningham 5-Nov-2014. Missing AIr Crew Report (MACR) 16162; American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)

Date27 Sep 2014 18:16:39

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16162 / MACR 16162, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. One by Bishop and Hey, p. 48 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database