John D Gorman
MilitaryAssigned to 1671st Ordnance Supply & Maintenance Company, 66FW, 8AF USAAF.
Non operational flight to Duxford in B-17 42-102937 'Ready Freddie'; pilot clipped control tower beacon, lost control and crashed into barracks building. Killed in Service (KIS)
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Company
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Wing
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ready Freddie
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Fort Rosecrans, CA | 28 January 1942 | Fort Rosecrans California |
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Died |
Duxford, UK | 19 July 1944 | Non operational flight; crash at Duxford. Killed in Service (KIS) |
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Buried |
20 July 1944 | Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot E Row 4 Grave 104 | |
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Born |
California | ||
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Based |
Duxford | 19 June 1944 | Assigned to 1671st Ordnance Supply & Maintenance Company, 66FW, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Duxford Diary