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Personal info

Full name
TERRACE, John Alison Jr
Date of birth
2 August 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Queens, Queens County, New York
Hometown
Cumberland County, Maine

Military service

Service number
O-802486
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
550th Bombardment Squadron,
385th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
24 February 1944
Place of death
Near Rostock, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 22 6

Immediate family

Members
John A. Terrace (father)
Hildegarde (Clark) Terrace (mother)
Jean L. Terrace (sister)
Giovanna G. S. (Alford) Terrace (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-30662
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Clarissa Jean
Destination: Tutow, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the industrial area and the airfield
MACR: 2778

More information

1st Lt John A. Terrace graduated from Deering High School in 1934 and from the University of Toronto. He was an architect.

He enlisted in Bangor, Maine, on 16 January 1941.

Due to heavy overcast at the target area, Rostock was bombed as a target of opportunity.

The airplane was attacked by German fighters, which caused a fire in the #3 engine. All ten crew members bailed out safely. Lt Terrace was the only casualty. According to the other crew members, he must have been killed by civilians.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1925 Census, www.fold3.com, New York Birth Index, Ohio Marriage Records

Photo source: Jac Engels, Deering High School - 1934, www.newspapers.com - Portland Press Herald - 11 June 1943