John Lewis Nightingale

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down by fighters and crashed near Kemme, 10km Northeast of Hildesheim (SE of Hannover), Germany, on return from a mission to Brunswick on 10 February 1944 in B-17G #42-31338 'Hard To Get'. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Roy Eugene Morris

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16033384
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator/Gunner

Russell Charles Moss

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35563587
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Robert Rylance Nixon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-686920
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Kenneth Dewey Smith

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-804747
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Event Location Date Description

Born

25 March 1922 Savanna, Carroll County, Illinois

Enlisted

2 July 1942 Chicago, Illinois

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Killed In Action (KIA)

10 February 1944 Kemme, 10km Northeast of Hildesheim (SE of Hannover), Germany

Buried

11 February 1944 in the Kemme cemetery
Savanna, Illinois

Buried

after the war his remains were brought to a Temporary American Cemetery in Neuville-en-Condroz, Belgium

Buried

John Nightingale’s remains were repatriated to the USA and they rest in a common grave with William Doyle and Roy Morris at the Rock Island National Cemetery in Rock Island, Illinois

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MACR 2540
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
VA Gravesite Locator

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2540 / MACR 2540, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database