John W Plummer

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-49566.jpeg UPL 49566 359th Original Crew. Pilot: Ellis J Sanderson. Sanderson crew - 359th BS B-17F Green Hornet aka Yahoodi #41-24603 (BN-Y) Original crew assigned 359BS: 10 Sep 1942 - photo: 10 Oct 1942. (Back L-R) 2Lt Ellis J Sanderson (P-POW); 2Lt Horace D. Bowman (CP-POW) 2Lt John W. Spence (N-EVD); 2Lt John W. Plummer (B)(1) (Front L-R) S/Sgt Sidney Devers (E-Evd), S/Sgt Miles B. Jones (R-Evd), Sgt Harry F. Swanson (RWG-POW), Sgt Frank W. Greene (BT-Evd) Sgt Joseph L Markiewicz (TG-KIA) (3). Not in photo: Sgt Carlos J Silva (LWG-POW)(2)

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Object Number - UPL 49566 - 359th Original Crew. Pilot: Ellis J Sanderson. Sanderson crew - 359th BS B-17F Green Hornet aka Yahoodi #41-24603 (BN-Y) Original crew assigned...

2LT John W. Plummer was orginally assigned as the Bombardier on B-17F, #41-24603 "Green Hornet" [BN-Y], 303BG/359BS on 10-Sep-42 at Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas and arrived with the aircraft at Molesworth, UK on 22-Oct-42. Shot down 23 November 1942 in B-17 #41-24568 "Lady Fairweather" while serving as bombardier. Plane crashed in to Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). Participated in 3 operations (1 abort).

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lady Fairweather
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
Ground personnel of the 303rd Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "The Green Hornet". Passed for publication 25 Jan 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'How The Boys Live And Work At Flying Fortress Station In England. Wide World Photo Shows:- Ground crew of "The Green Hornet". Left to right, Cpl. William E. Bowers, Route 1, Elkhart, Ind.; M/Sgt. Joseph R. Dufresne, 30 Lathrop Street, South Hadley Falls, Mass.; M/Sgt. Fletcher Hecton, 518 Twentyfirst Street, Denver, Col.; Sgt. Richard Borgl
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Green Hornet
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron

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Assigned to Aircraft

Biggs Field, TX 79918, USA 10 September 1942 Assigned as Bombardier of B-17F 41-24603, "Green Hornet", 303BG/359BS at Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas.

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Arrived at Station

Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK 22 October 1942 Arrived at Molesworth, UK with B-17F 41-24603 "Green Hornet", 303BG/359BS.

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Mission #1 2LT John W. Plummer, w/B-17F 41-24603, 303BG/359BS - Aborted

Saint-Nazaire, France 17 November 1942 Assigned as Bombardier on B-17F 41-24603 "Green Hornet" on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France but the mission was aborted, no reason given in mission report. RTB OK.

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Mission #2 2LT John W. Plummer, w/B-17F 41-24603, 303BG/359BS

18 November 1942 Served as Bombardier on B-17F 41-24603 "Green Hornet", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK.

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Killed in Action (KIA)

Belle Île, France 23 November 1942 Killed when the aircraft was shot down by German aircraft and crashed into the se near Belle-Ile en Mer, France.

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Mission #3 2LT John W. Plummer, w/B-17F 41-24568, 303BG/359BS

Saint-Nazaire, France 23 November 1942 Served as Bombardier on B-17F 41-24568 "Lady Fairweather", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. The aircraft was shot down into the sea by German fighters and he was KIA.

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Commemorated

Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery.

Revisions

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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.

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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.

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Lee Cunningham 5-Dec-2015. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 23-Nov-42.

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Lee Cunningham 5-Dec-2015. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 18-Nov-42.

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Lee Cunningham 5-Dec-2015. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Reoprt of 17-Nov-42.

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Lee Cunningham 5-Dec-2015. Added Arrived at Station event per "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story", Roger A. Freeman with David Osborne, historical summary of B-17F 41-24603.

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Lee Cunningham 5-Dec-2015. Added Assigned to Aircraft event per 303Bg website, Gary Moncur, Historian, per Ellis J. Sanderson crew page.

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Lee Cunningham 5-Dec-2015. Added assigment with 41-24603 and mission participation to Summary biography per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Ellis G. Sanderson crew page.

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Lee Cunningham 5-Dec-2015. Made connections to 41-24602 and all mission participations per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Reprots and crew pages of Ellis J. Sanderson and Arthur E. Reddig.

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Lee Cunningham 1-Dec-2014. Edited biography for crash location, added KI A event per MACR 15075; added Commemoration event per American Battle Monument Commission (ABMC) record.

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Lee Cunningham 6-Nov-2014. Correction to loss date in description.

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Lee Cunningham 6-Nov-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 15075; American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, MACR 15075 , Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. One by Bishop and Hey, p. 48

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