John Calvin Weisgarber
Military
Object Number - UPL 51192 - 1st Lt John C. Weisgarber, 323BS, 91BG
Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. 33 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Altenbeken in B-17 43-37913 'Seattle Sleeper' 26-Nov-44; shot down by fighters, A/C crashed Haulerwijk Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 10837
Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15113261 / O-759203
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Seattle Sleeper
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Curwensville, Pennsylvania, USA | 25 May 1922 | Son of Harry Melvin and Blanche Eliza [Derrick] Weisgarber. |
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Enlisted |
Altoona, PA | 16 September 1942 | Altoona, Pennsylvania |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 26 November 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Other Baled out POW |
Haulerwijk, Holland | 26 November 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Altenbeken in B-17 43-37913 'Seattle Sleeper' 26-Nov-44; baled out POW MACR 10837 |
|
Died |
Curwensville, PA | 25 December 2020 | |
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Buried |
Oak Hill Cemetery Curwensville, Clearfield County, PA | Oak Hill Cemetery Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania | |
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Based |
Bassingbourn | 26 November 1944 | Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Jaap de Boer from his website : http://www.haulerwijk.com/~seattlesleeper/Crew.html
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10837 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
