John Campbell MacQueen
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 38359
"Col. Harold W. Bowman presents the Purple Heart posthumously to the English parents of Sgt. John C. MacQueen, killed on a . mission to Schweinfurt. Sgt. MacQueen, 18 years old at the time of his acceptance for service in London, was born in the United States but went to England with his parents a few years before the war."
Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 3 x combat missions, 1st with this crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt in B-17 42-97464 'What Next ?' 13-Apr-44; Mortally wounded by 20mm cannon shell in initial attacks, probably dead prior to the abandonment of A/C. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3941
Awards: PH.
*MACR lists as Pvt, headstone as Sgt*
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12075079 / O-799493
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: What Next ?
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
22 February 1943 | Place of enlistment not defined, Resident at 'US at Large'. | |
Other Killed in action |
Weibersbrunn, Germany | 13 April 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt in B-17 42-97464 'What Next ?' 13-Apr-44; Mortally wounded by 20mm cannon shell KIA. |
Born |
Southfields SW16, London | Son of Mrs Agnes Mac Queen of Elsenham Street, Southfields, London SW16 | |
Buried |
Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot M Row 12 Grave 5 | ||
Based |
Deenethorpe | 13 April 1944 | Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3941