John E Morse
Military
Standing left to right : John F. Humphreys (top-turret gunner, fatally injured , mission 54, Dec. 31, 1943) Charles S. Sechrist S/Sgt – Eng/TTG; Homer L. Neill S/Sgt – BTG; Charles E. Cox S/Sgt – RWG; Andrew L. Allen S/Sgt – LWG; Willard H. Clothier T/Sgt RO.
Kneeling left to right: John E. Morse 1st Lt – Pilot; Robert J.Philips FO – CP; Robert Y. Daniels 2nd Lt – Bom; Leonard R Lovelace 2nd Lt – Nav.
Photo by kind permission of Mary Barton, via Mitch Peeke.
Object Number - UPL 39779 - 1st Lt John E Morse (Front row, end left) with his crew of B17 The Sweater Girl. Standing left to right : John F. Humphreys (top-turret gunner,...
Shot down by flak and fighters and crashed near Oberbruch/Rheinland on a mission to a JU88 plant at Wernigerode, GR on 22 Feb 1944 in B-17F 42-5828 'Sweater Girl'. Prisoner of War (POW).
Additional info from Mitch Peeke:
The remarkable story of John's last mission can be found at the web address below.
https://aviationtrails.wordpress.com/2019/04/06/1st-lieutenant-john-e-m…
POW
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sweater Girl
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 22 February 1944 | |
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Born |
Tucson, Arizona, USA | ||
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Enlisted |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2868 / MACR 2868, Losses of teh 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
