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1LT John Douglass Camp

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1LT John Douglass Camp Veteran

Birth
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Death
19 Dec 1944 (aged 22)
England
Burial
Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England Add to Map
Plot
Plot: D Row: 5 Grave: 20
Memorial ID
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19 December 1944 - 350+ aircraft takeoff from England on tactical raids to slow the the German offensive in the Ardennes. Almost every group had to land in southern England, away from their main bases, because of bad weather. The 303rd didn't return to Molesworth until 27 December.

One B-24 of the 93rd Bomb Group "Beavers Baby" crashed on take-off.
Pics: Memorial and crash site.

Text from memorial:
The memorial is to members of the crew of B24, Liberator, #42-50597 "Beaver's Baby" of the 93rd BG, 2ADA, 8th USAAF who died 19th December 1944.
Their plane crashed here in thick fog during take-off in an attempt to deliver air support to ground forces in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge.
The crew:
Pilot; 1Lt Robert W MARX
Co-Pilot; William M YOUNG
Navigator; John D CAMP
Bombardier; 1Lt Henry David FULMER Jr
2Lt R K LOCKER
Engineer; T/Sgt Frank H WHITTEN
Engineer; T/Sgt Benjamin C WIEGAND
S/Sgt Fred D PETTIGREW
S/Sgt Ralph E GIFFORD
S/Sgt Robert A HUGHES
S/Sgt Harold GLICKMAN

Contributor: Fulton Rivers (46843747) •
19 December 1944 - 350+ aircraft takeoff from England on tactical raids to slow the the German offensive in the Ardennes. Almost every group had to land in southern England, away from their main bases, because of bad weather. The 303rd didn't return to Molesworth until 27 December.

One B-24 of the 93rd Bomb Group "Beavers Baby" crashed on take-off.
Pics: Memorial and crash site.

Text from memorial:
The memorial is to members of the crew of B24, Liberator, #42-50597 "Beaver's Baby" of the 93rd BG, 2ADA, 8th USAAF who died 19th December 1944.
Their plane crashed here in thick fog during take-off in an attempt to deliver air support to ground forces in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge.
The crew:
Pilot; 1Lt Robert W MARX
Co-Pilot; William M YOUNG
Navigator; John D CAMP
Bombardier; 1Lt Henry David FULMER Jr
2Lt R K LOCKER
Engineer; T/Sgt Frank H WHITTEN
Engineer; T/Sgt Benjamin C WIEGAND
S/Sgt Fred D PETTIGREW
S/Sgt Ralph E GIFFORD
S/Sgt Robert A HUGHES
S/Sgt Harold GLICKMAN

Contributor: Fulton Rivers (46843747) •

Inscription

1 LT 409 BOMB SQ 93 BOMB GP (H) CONNECTICUT

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Connecticut.



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  • Maintained by: MAJ Jimmy Cotton
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56288328/john_douglass-camp: accessed ), memorial page for 1LT John Douglass Camp (13 Aug 1922–19 Dec 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56288328, citing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England; Maintained by MAJ Jimmy Cotton (contributor 48803557).