John Thomas Godsey

Military
media-41244.jpeg UPL 41244 Richmond News Leader John Godsey

Richmond News Leader

Object Number - UPL 41244 - Richmond News Leader

Shot down by fighters on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-38211 'Sleepy Time Gal'. He was killed by German civilians after landing in a field. Killed in Action (KIA).



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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sleepy-time Gal
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron

Events

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Born

Virginia 28 November 1918

Died

8 March 1944

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 8 March 1944

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Richmond News Leader May 5, 1944

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William J Vailgura

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Richmond News Leader

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Ancestry.com

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Ancestry.com and headstone application

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ABMC, MACR 3193, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3193 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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