John Nicholson
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 446th Bomb Group
Ran out of fuel and crashed at Hoofddorp on 6/21/44 in B-24 'Connie' Killed in Action (KIA)
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Military
Assigned to 707BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. Ran out of fuel and crashed at Hoofddorp on 21-Jun-44 in B-24 'Connie' 41-29124 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 6159
Awards: AM, PH.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 446th Bomb Group
Ran out of fuel and crashed at Hoofddorp on 6/21/44 in B-24 'Connie' Killed in Action (KIA)
Group
The 446th Bomb Group, who came to be known as "the Bungay Buckaroos" after the name of their Suffolk base, flew B-24 Liberators on strategic, support and interdictory missions over Europe. The Group led the Eighth Air Force and 2nd Bomb Division on the...
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
Damaged by AAA on mission to Genshagen/Marienfelde, Germany 21 June 1944 and crashed at Hoofddorp. MACR 6159.
Military site : airfield
From late November 1943, the three bases of Bungay, Seething and Hardwick were the stations of the 20th Combat Wing of the Eighth Air Force. The base had previously housed individual squadrons of the 310th Bomb Group (Twelfth Air Force) and of the 93rd...
Cemetery
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | Chicago, Illinois, USA | |
Based | Bungay | 1944 – 21 June 1944 |
Assigned to 707BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died | 21 June 1944 | |
Buried | 1946 | |
Re-Interred |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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07 December 2020 20:42:17 | Al_Skiff | Changes to service number, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/29399679 |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:27:06 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6159 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |