John Lester Voehringer
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Jack was cousin to my grandfather, John Schofield, who gave me this portrait years ago as I do a lot of family history. Jack never married nor had children, so it's an absolute honor to update his profile here and to add this wonderfully romantic picture of him. I'm assuming it was taken in the U.S. before he went to Thurleigh.
Family history
Object Number - UPL 21965 - John "Jack" Voehringer, c. 1942 Jack was cousin to my grandfather, John Schofield, who gave me this portrait years ago as I do a lot of family...
Killed in Action (KIA) on October 8, 1943. Hit by a bullet from a ME-109 and was killed. The B-17 plane was not shot down. It was piloted by Oleron Linn.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Missions
- Date: 8 October 1943
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 18 November 1919 | Born to Alice Fairchild (nee Boyd) and John Kasper Voehringer, Jr. |
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Enlisted |
20 January 1942 | Fort Bragg, North Carolina | |
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Died |
8 October 1943 | Killed on a mission to Bremen, Germany | |
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Buried |
Greensboro, NC, USA | 28 July 1948 | After the war, Jack's parents traveled to England to bring him home. They are buried beside him in Greensboro, North. Carolina. |
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Other Education |
Graduated from Haverford School in Philadelphia, 1939; Worked as a clerk for his father's company, Mojud Hosiery, for a year; Enrolled at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina |
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Sources
Combat Chronology Supplement p. 206 also in First Over Germany, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop & Hey p. 509, ABMC / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
