John Ernest Godfrey
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 850BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. Davis crew. Local flights 18-Aug-44 in 43-38072; port U/C collapsed on third landing, RTD. 5 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Ludwigshaven in B-17 43-38009, crashed at Hochheim on 13-Sep-44, Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8855
Awards: PH.
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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: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-757610
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Brome
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Pasco, Washington USA | 19 July 1919 | Son of Ernest Lawrence and Ruth Violet [Russell] Godfrey. |
Enlisted |
Portland, OR | 21 October 1942 | Portland, Oregon |
Died |
Hochheim, Germany | 13 September 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Ludwigshaven in B-17 43-38009, crashed at Hochheim on 13-Sep-44, KIA MACR 8855 |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Eye | 13 September 1944 | Assigned to 850BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
City View Cemetery, Pasco, Franklin County, WA | Re-Interred City View Cemetery Pasco, Franklin County, Washington |
Revisions
My cousin Sgt. John Ernest Godfrey was born and is buried in Pasco, Washington USA.
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/120971
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177541141/john-ernest-godfrey
490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8855 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database