John Ernest Godfrey

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned 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

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'
  • 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

Date
ContributorLawrence Russell
Changes
Sources

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

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

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