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Personal info

Full name
KLINCHOK, John J
Date of birth
8 November 1914
Age
29
Place of birth
West Virginia
Hometown
Harlan County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
13074018
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Left Waist Gunner
Unit
577th Bombardment Squadron,
392nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1943
Place of death
Friedrichskoog-Spitze, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 14 47

Immediate family

Members
Paul Klinchok (father)
Mary (Birman) Klinchok (mother)
Helen Klinchok (sister)
Ethel Klinchok (sister)
Margaret Klinchok (sister)
Irene Klinchok (sister)
Julia Klinchok (sister)
Mary Klinchok (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-7493
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: Gregory The Great
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the city
MACR: 1494

More information

S/Sgt John J. Klinchok was a miner beofre he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Baltimore, Maryland on 15 July 1942.

The plane was shot down by Uffz Losch in a Fw 190A of JG 11/1 and crashed 2 to 3 km off shore, west of Friedrichskoog. It was last seen having difficulty staying in formation as the formation crossed the enemy coast, going in.

The entire crew of 10 was killed. The remains of five identified and two unidentified were buried at the cemetery of Kronprinzenkoog on 1 December 1943. The remains of James D. Craig washed ashore 0n 15 December 1943 and was buried at the same cemetery. Dalton Harris was buried at the British Military Cemetery of Ohlsdorf.

The remains of Harry Bolick and George Campbell Jr. were never recovered or could not be identified as one of the unidentified bodies.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.B24.net, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, http://www.b24.net/