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Personal info

Full name
MC MENAMIN, John Francis Jr "Micky"
Date of birth
25 February 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O-743669
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Navigator
Unit
561st Bombardment Squadron,
388th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 November 1944
Place of death
Kirspenich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 7 5

Immediate family

Members
John F. Mc Menamin (father)
Sarah M. (McGuckin) Mc Menamin (mother)
Helen J. (Stanton) Mc Menamin (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
43-38313
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Lady Anne
Destination: Ludwigshafen, Germany
MACR: 10310

More information

2nd Lt Mc Menamin enlisted on 29 January 1942 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.

A/C were lost due to this flak. He was landed in the Kirspenich area by parachute this afternoon at about 1330. Upon immediate arrival at the place of the crash it was determined that the dead already occurred. Crash, fracture of cervical vertebra, internal injuries.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Michel Beckers, Dick Henggeler 388th Bomb Group Historian