John Henry Burgelin
MilitaryAssigned to 790BS, 467BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-24 41-28749 'Wild Irish Rose' 29-Apr-44; shot down by FW190, thrown clear by explosion, unconscious, came to and pulled ripcord. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 4943
Awards: AM (OLC), PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle stars).
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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: 467th Bomb Group 790th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-687345
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Wild Irish Rose
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group 790th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Rochester, NY | 28 August 1917 | Son of Pauline Francis [Uebel] Burgelin. |
Enlisted |
Rochester, NY, USA | 8 March 1943 | Rochester, Ney York |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 29 April 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Other Baled out |
Hanover, Germany | 29 April 1944 | Shot down 29-Apr-44 in B-24 41-28749. POW. |
Died |
Buffalo, NY | 28 July 1952 | |
Buried |
Mount Hope Cemetery Rochester, Monroe County, NY | 31 July 1952 | Mount Hope Cemetery Rochester, Monroe County, New York |
Monroe County, NY, USA |
Revisions
Brought in information from duplicate record. Sources:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4943 and Watts book, page 83. Shot down by fighter en route to target Berlin; 7 KIA, 3 POW
NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…
MACR 4943 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database