John Matt Perritt
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 78538 - 1st Lt John M Perritt
Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Emden 27-Sep-43 in B-17 42-29750 'Rebels Revenge' Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 668
"At approximately 10:10 hours 24,000 feet, just after leaving the target, A/C 42-29750 was seen with an engine on fire. The aircraft left formation and was seen to drop its bombs. A/C was last seen heading down in a dive in the North Sea off Langeoog Island on the coast of Germany. "
Awards: PH.
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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: 15077940
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ramblin Rebel, Rebel's Revenge
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
17 March 1942 | ||
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Off Langeoog Island | 27 September 1943 | Killed in Action (KIA)Langeoog Island |
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Buried |
Langeoog Cemetery Duenenfriedhof | 29 September 1943 | InterredLangeoog Cemetery Duenenfriedhof |
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium | 1 January 1946 | Re-InterredArdennes American Cemetery and MemorialNeuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium |
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Born |
Arcadia, Louisiana | BornArcadia, Louisiana |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 668
