John J Vallorani
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 30 December 1942 in B-17F #42-2975 while serving as Waist Gunner. He is beleived to have bailed out of the stricken aircraft over the sea and was drowned. The aircraft crashed into the sea near Ile d'Ouessant, France. Killed in Action (KIA).
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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
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 30 December 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Brittany Cemetary
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Ushant, France | 30 December 1942 | Killed when aircraft was attacked by German fighters and crashed into the sea near the Ile d'Ouessant, France. He is believed to have baled out of the stricken aircraft over the sea and was drowned. His remains have never been recovered. |
Other Commemorated |
Saint-James, France | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Brittany American Cemetery. |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Lee Cunningham 8-Dec-2014. Added SN and KIA event per MACR 15079; edited biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; added decorations and Commemoration event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing information in this database.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs by Bishop and Heys Vol. 1 p 56, MACR 15079