John Junior Metz

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 645BS, 410BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Le Haye 7-Jun-44 in A-20 43-10205; A/C shed wing due to engine fire. Bailed out over English channel. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5653



Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 410th Bomb Group 645th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15067448
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 410th Bomb Group 645th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37245877
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer / Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Unit: 410th Bomb Group 645th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

St John, Stafford County, KS 6 January 1920 Son of John W and Emma J [Hitz] Metz.

Enlisted

Fort Riley, KS 10 April 1942 Fort Riley, Kansas

Died

English channel 7 June 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Le Haye 7-Jun-44 in A-20 43-10205; A/C shed wing due to engine fire. Baled out over English channel. KIA MACR 5653

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery

Based

Gosfield 7 June 1944 Assigned to 645BS, 410BG, 9AF USAAF.