John Morgan Burch

Military
media-46604.jpeg UPL 46604 F/O John Morgan Burch, B; T-5512; 2nd Bomb Group; 96 Bomb Squadron

Yearbook Photo from Wyandotte High School, Kansas City, Kansas

Object Number - UPL 46604 - F/O John Morgan Burch, B; T-5512; 2nd Bomb Group; 96 Bomb Squadron

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Units served with

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 96th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-768796
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot/Co-Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Jocko
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Amendola Airfield, Italy 6 December 1944 Burch was KIA with all of his crew when his a/c crashed on takeoff for a mission to Zagreb

Buried

12 December 1945 Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial Nettuno, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy Add to Map Plot Plot J Row 12 Grave 61

Born

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