John Joseph Doherty
MilitaryRear L-R: 2Lt Calder L Wise, 1Lt John W Hendry, 1Lt Richard L Kruse, 1Lt Bernard T McNamara, 2Lt Richard E. Webster.
Front L-R: S/Sgt John C Arasin, S/Sgt John J Doherty, T/Sgt James J Brown, S/Sgt Olwin L Humphries, S/Sgt Howard L. Abney, T/Sgt Loran C Biddle.
Assigned to 358BS, 303BS, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 20-Oct-43 in B-17 41-24629. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1032
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14076565 / O-793335
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 20 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Minnesota | 6 September 1917 | |
Enlisted |
Fort Snelling, MN | 20 February 1942 | Fort Snelling, Minnesota |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 20 October 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb. |
Died |
Minnesota | 19 August 1989 | |
Buried |
Fort Snelling National Cemetery Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN | 22 August 1989 | Fort Snelling National Cemetery Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota |
Based |
Molesworth | 20 October 1943 | Assigned to 358BS, 303BS, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/588422/john-joseph-doherty
Removed # from A/C serial No. to aid clarity and consistency
Added punctuation to the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Added POW camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to the 8th AF mission #116 for 20 Oct 1943.
Added punctuation to the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1032 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database