John entered the service from Massachusetts
s/o John Joseph (14 June 1876 - 1 Jan 1957) and Mary O'Donnell Davoren
Brother: Martin Davoren Find a Grave 191279379
Brother: Philip Davoren Find a Grave 16899798
Missing in Action
S/Sgt John F Davoren enlisted in the US Air Corps at Boston, Massachusetts on June 20, 1942.
He was serving on the B-17 #42-29693 "Lonesome Polecat III" during a mission to bomb the U-boat yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. On their return over the North Sea, approximately 25 miles out of the coast of Germany, and under enemy fighter attack, their plane left formation and was seen to spin down, out of control. It exploded on hitting the surface of the North Sea and quickly sunk.
Then entire crew was killed or missing and officially declared dead one year later on June 12, 1944.
Crew:
Malcolm MacKinnon, Co-pilot
Gene Wood, Navigator
Richard "Dick" Miller, Bombardier
Windell Neely, Flight engineer/top turret gunner
George Babich, Radio Operator
John Vail, Ball turret gunner
Richard "Dick" Cavanaugh, Waist gunner
John Davoren, Waist gunner
Alexander Marek, Tail gunner
Stanley Bennett, Tail gunner
(10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft attacked, ship exploded, crashed North Sea, 70 miles N of Texel Is, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 2807. LONESOME POLECAT.
s/o John Joseph (14 June 1876 - 1 Jan 1957) and Mary O'Donnell Davoren
Brother: Martin Davoren Find a Grave 191279379
Brother: Philip Davoren Find a Grave 16899798
Missing in Action
S/Sgt John F Davoren enlisted in the US Air Corps at Boston, Massachusetts on June 20, 1942.
He was serving on the B-17 #42-29693 "Lonesome Polecat III" during a mission to bomb the U-boat yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. On their return over the North Sea, approximately 25 miles out of the coast of Germany, and under enemy fighter attack, their plane left formation and was seen to spin down, out of control. It exploded on hitting the surface of the North Sea and quickly sunk.
Then entire crew was killed or missing and officially declared dead one year later on June 12, 1944.
Crew:
Malcolm MacKinnon, Co-pilot
Gene Wood, Navigator
Richard "Dick" Miller, Bombardier
Windell Neely, Flight engineer/top turret gunner
George Babich, Radio Operator
John Vail, Ball turret gunner
Richard "Dick" Cavanaugh, Waist gunner
John Davoren, Waist gunner
Alexander Marek, Tail gunner
Stanley Bennett, Tail gunner
(10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft attacked, ship exploded, crashed North Sea, 70 miles N of Texel Is, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 2807. LONESOME POLECAT.
John entered the service from Massachusetts
s/o John Joseph (14 June 1876 - 1 Jan 1957) and Mary O'Donnell Davoren
Brother: Martin Davoren Find a Grave 191279379
Brother: Philip Davoren Find a Grave 16899798
Missing in Action
S/Sgt John F Davoren enlisted in the US Air Corps at Boston, Massachusetts on June 20, 1942.
He was serving on the B-17 #42-29693 "Lonesome Polecat III" during a mission to bomb the U-boat yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. On their return over the North Sea, approximately 25 miles out of the coast of Germany, and under enemy fighter attack, their plane left formation and was seen to spin down, out of control. It exploded on hitting the surface of the North Sea and quickly sunk.
Then entire crew was killed or missing and officially declared dead one year later on June 12, 1944.
Crew:
Malcolm MacKinnon, Co-pilot
Gene Wood, Navigator
Richard "Dick" Miller, Bombardier
Windell Neely, Flight engineer/top turret gunner
George Babich, Radio Operator
John Vail, Ball turret gunner
Richard "Dick" Cavanaugh, Waist gunner
John Davoren, Waist gunner
Alexander Marek, Tail gunner
Stanley Bennett, Tail gunner
(10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft attacked, ship exploded, crashed North Sea, 70 miles N of Texel Is, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 2807. LONESOME POLECAT.
s/o John Joseph (14 June 1876 - 1 Jan 1957) and Mary O'Donnell Davoren
Brother: Martin Davoren Find a Grave 191279379
Brother: Philip Davoren Find a Grave 16899798
Missing in Action
S/Sgt John F Davoren enlisted in the US Air Corps at Boston, Massachusetts on June 20, 1942.
He was serving on the B-17 #42-29693 "Lonesome Polecat III" during a mission to bomb the U-boat yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. On their return over the North Sea, approximately 25 miles out of the coast of Germany, and under enemy fighter attack, their plane left formation and was seen to spin down, out of control. It exploded on hitting the surface of the North Sea and quickly sunk.
Then entire crew was killed or missing and officially declared dead one year later on June 12, 1944.
Crew:
Malcolm MacKinnon, Co-pilot
Gene Wood, Navigator
Richard "Dick" Miller, Bombardier
Windell Neely, Flight engineer/top turret gunner
George Babich, Radio Operator
John Vail, Ball turret gunner
Richard "Dick" Cavanaugh, Waist gunner
John Davoren, Waist gunner
Alexander Marek, Tail gunner
Stanley Bennett, Tail gunner
(10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft attacked, ship exploded, crashed North Sea, 70 miles N of Texel Is, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 2807. LONESOME POLECAT.
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