John William O'Mara

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down by ME109s and crashed SW of Namur, Belgium on a mission to Frankfurt am Main, Germany on 2 March 1944 in B-17G #42-31467 'Sac Hound'. Killed in Action (KIA). As well as NARA's WWII Enlistment records as the WWII Army Air Forces casualties list for Rockcastle County, Kentucky, have his last name as Omara...

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17072159 at enlistment, then O-685775
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13075926 at enlistment, then O-808000
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17037059
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15340143
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35348050
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sac Hound
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Mt Vernon, Kentucky, USA 21 November 1919 the son of Thomas C. and Leila Mae O'Mara

Enlisted

29 October 1940 as a Private in the Air Corps, at Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky

Other

Killed In Action (KIA)

2 March 1944 on board B-17 42-31467, shot down by fighters over Belgium

Buried

2 March 1944 Initially buried at the communal cemetery in Gosselies, near Charleroi, Belgium
Mount Vernon, Kentucky, USA

Buried

later exhumed and transferred to the temporary American military cemetery in Neuville-en-Condroz, near Liège, Belgium

Buried

his remains were brought to the USA where they rest at the Elmwood Cemetery in Mount Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky

Revisions

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MACR 2742
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Army Air Forces casualties records for Rockcastle County, Kentucky

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2742 / MACR 2742, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces,

href="http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1217">http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1217> / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database