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Military

  • John P. Ryan Crew 398th Bomb Group - 602nd Bomb Squadron B-17G-45-BO #42-97252 - Served with both the 398th BG & 351st BG Standing Left to Right: John P. Ryan (P), Roy Test, Jr. (CP), Carl F. Foster (N), Daniel Adams (B) Kneeling Left to Right: Lloyd G. Stovall (R/O), John J. Cowley (FE), Joseph Horvath (G), Ray Keene (TG), Sam Devan (G) Photo taken in Rapid City, SD - April 1944

    John P. Ryan Crew 398th Bomb Group - 602nd Bomb Squadron B-17G-45-BO #42-97252 - Served with both the 398th BG & 351st BG Standing Left to Right: John P. Ryan (P), Roy Test, Jr. (CP), Carl F. Foster (N), Daniel Adams (B) Kneeling Left to Right: Lloyd G. Stovall (R/O), John J. Cowley (FE), Joseph Horvath (G), Ray Keene (TG), Sam Devan (G) Photo taken in Rapid City, SD - April 1944

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Flew 32 missions in 77 days

Distinguished Flying Cross (July 1944)

Service

People

  • John Ryan

    Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 398th Bomb Group
    air medal

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Units served with

  • 398th Bomb Group

    398th Bomb Group

    Group
    The 398th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Nuthampstead, Hertfordshire on strategic bombing raids over Germany. The Group switched focus in the days before D-Day, when they targeted enemy positions on the Cherbourg peninsula. When the Allies...

  • 602nd Bomb Squadron

    602nd Bomb Squadron

    Squadron

Aircraft

  • 42-97252 Devil's Mistress

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Cheyenne 11/2/44; Rapid City 5/3/44; Dow Fd 28/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 6/5/44; no ops, transferred 510BS/351BG [TU-K] Polebrook 24/5/44; 103m Returned to the USA Bradley 11/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45;...

Associated Place

  • Nuthampstead

    Military site : airfield
    Built during 1942-43, Nuthampstead was the nearest Eighth Air Force heavy bomber base to London. It had three concrete runways, 50 loop hardstandings and two dispersed T2 hangars. It was first occupied from September 1943 to April 1944 by the 55th...

Events

Event Location Date
Born Jonesboro, IN, USA 1921
Enlisted New York, NY, USA 20 January 1942
Nationality
American
Nickname
Dan
Service numbers
Not yet known
Highest rank
First Lieutenant
Role/job
Bombardier
Awards
Not yet known

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
07 August 2016 01:00:48 466thHistorian Changes to events, person associations, place associations and aircraft associations
Sources

http://398th.org/Images/Images_Crews/Text/Flight/Ryan_602_194404.html
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:05:20 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://398th.org/History/Group/Crews_Original.html

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