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Personal info

Full name
DELANEY, John Anthony Jr
Date of birth
19 September 1920
Age
23
Place of birth
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31139615
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Ball Turret Gunner
Unit
323rd Bombardment Squadron,
91st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 October 1943
Place of death
2 km southeast of Lütjenholm, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 10 25

Immediate family

Members
John A. Delaney (father)
Julia B. Delaney (mother)
Margaret M. Delaney (sister)
Helen F. Delaney (sister)
Mary B. Delaney (sister)
Claire Delaney (sister)
Jean Delaney (sister)
Patrick J. Delaney (Uncle)

Plane data

Serial number
42-29740
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Tondelayo
Destination: Anklam, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the FW-190 tail assembly plant
MACR: 896

More information

S/Sgt John A. Delaney Jr. worked in a garage as a car washer and greaser before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 17 July 1942.

The airplane was last seen with n° 4 engine smoking and a 20 mm hole in the right elevator, under control and heading for Denmark.

S/Sgt Delaney didn't bail out. He was hit several times in the leg.

He was initially buried at the cemetery of Leck, Germany on 13 October 1943. He was disinterred on 27 May 1946 and transported to Ardennes Cemetery as Unknown X-876 where he was given his final resting place on 24 April 1950.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.91stbombgroup.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com - MACR, IDPF of John J. Bird, www.8thafhs.com, WWII Draft Card, IDPF

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Boston Globe 30 November 1943