John Marvin Capps

Military
media-18406.jpeg UPL 18406 SSGT John Marvin Capps
Tail Gunner
Crew #637 - John S. Archer Crew

466th BG HIstorian

Object Number - UPL 18406 - SSGT John Marvin Capps Tail Gunner Crew #637 - John S. Archer Crew

Shot down by fighters and crashed at Zui Dveen on 8/15/44 in B-24 'True Love' #41-29449, Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

John Simpson Archer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-809346
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-29449

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: True Love
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA 18 March 1917

Died

Dexter, MO 63841, USA 26 May 1995

Buried

Dexter, MO 63841, USA 29 May 1995 Dexter Cemetery Dexter Stoddard County Missouri, USA

Other

Shot Down/Captured

Meppel, Netherlands 15 August 1944

Other

POW

Tychowo, Poland Stalag Luft IV

Revisions

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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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466th BG HIstorian

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8429 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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