John served as a Technical Sergeant and Radio Operator on B-17 "Stormy Weather" (#42-5225), 323rd Bomber Squadron, 91st Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in San Diego County, California prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on May 22, 1942 in Los Angeles, California. He was noted as being employed as a Baker and also as Single, without dependents.
John was "Killed In Action", along with his entire crew, when his plane was shot down while on a mission to Schweinfurt, Germany to bomb a Ball Bearing Plant. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
The 91st Bomber Group lost 11 B-17's on this mission.
Service # 39240963
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Crew of B-17 "Stormy Weather" (#42-5225):
Comac, Peter, T/Sgt, Pennsylvania
Klopolsky, John R., T/Sgt, Radio-Op, California
Mitts, Homer J., Jr., Sgt, Waist Gunner, Tennessee
Primeau, Donald, 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Massachusetts
Sparman, Dick L., S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, Montana
Von Der Heyde, Don S., 2nd Lt, Pilot, Pennsylvania
Walton, Mack D., S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Tennessee
Wannemacher, William, S/Sgt, Ball Gunner, New York
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Seven of the other 10 B-17's Lost on this mission:
( Some crew members shown under below Crew Member's record )
Coppage, Everet A., 2nd Lt, "The Sky Wolf II" (#42-29574)
Beasley, Harold H., 1st Lt, "Thunderbird" (#42-5172)
Lindsey, Nathan F., 1st Lt, "Short Snorter III" (#42-5337)
Sandoff, Nick, S/Sgt, "Rain of Terror" (#42-5391)
Warner, Harry K., Jr., 2nd Lt, "The Eagle's Wrath" (#41-24524)
Weieneth, Arlynn E., 1st Lt, "Frank's Nightmare" (#42-5437)
Wilson, John W., 1st Lt, "Hellsapoppin" (#41-24459)
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He resided in San Diego County, California prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on May 22, 1942 in Los Angeles, California. He was noted as being employed as a Baker and also as Single, without dependents.
John was "Killed In Action", along with his entire crew, when his plane was shot down while on a mission to Schweinfurt, Germany to bomb a Ball Bearing Plant. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
The 91st Bomber Group lost 11 B-17's on this mission.
Service # 39240963
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Crew of B-17 "Stormy Weather" (#42-5225):
Comac, Peter, T/Sgt, Pennsylvania
Klopolsky, John R., T/Sgt, Radio-Op, California
Mitts, Homer J., Jr., Sgt, Waist Gunner, Tennessee
Primeau, Donald, 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Massachusetts
Sparman, Dick L., S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, Montana
Von Der Heyde, Don S., 2nd Lt, Pilot, Pennsylvania
Walton, Mack D., S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Tennessee
Wannemacher, William, S/Sgt, Ball Gunner, New York
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Seven of the other 10 B-17's Lost on this mission:
( Some crew members shown under below Crew Member's record )
Coppage, Everet A., 2nd Lt, "The Sky Wolf II" (#42-29574)
Beasley, Harold H., 1st Lt, "Thunderbird" (#42-5172)
Lindsey, Nathan F., 1st Lt, "Short Snorter III" (#42-5337)
Sandoff, Nick, S/Sgt, "Rain of Terror" (#42-5391)
Warner, Harry K., Jr., 2nd Lt, "The Eagle's Wrath" (#41-24524)
Weieneth, Arlynn E., 1st Lt, "Frank's Nightmare" (#42-5437)
Wilson, John W., 1st Lt, "Hellsapoppin" (#41-24459)
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John served as a Technical Sergeant and Radio Operator on B-17 "Stormy Weather" (#42-5225), 323rd Bomber Squadron, 91st Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in San Diego County, California prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on May 22, 1942 in Los Angeles, California. He was noted as being employed as a Baker and also as Single, without dependents.
John was "Killed In Action", along with his entire crew, when his plane was shot down while on a mission to Schweinfurt, Germany to bomb a Ball Bearing Plant. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
The 91st Bomber Group lost 11 B-17's on this mission.
Service # 39240963
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Crew of B-17 "Stormy Weather" (#42-5225):
Comac, Peter, T/Sgt, Pennsylvania
Klopolsky, John R., T/Sgt, Radio-Op, California
Mitts, Homer J., Jr., Sgt, Waist Gunner, Tennessee
Primeau, Donald, 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Massachusetts
Sparman, Dick L., S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, Montana
Von Der Heyde, Don S., 2nd Lt, Pilot, Pennsylvania
Walton, Mack D., S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Tennessee
Wannemacher, William, S/Sgt, Ball Gunner, New York
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Seven of the other 10 B-17's Lost on this mission:
( Some crew members shown under below Crew Member's record )
Coppage, Everet A., 2nd Lt, "The Sky Wolf II" (#42-29574)
Beasley, Harold H., 1st Lt, "Thunderbird" (#42-5172)
Lindsey, Nathan F., 1st Lt, "Short Snorter III" (#42-5337)
Sandoff, Nick, S/Sgt, "Rain of Terror" (#42-5391)
Warner, Harry K., Jr., 2nd Lt, "The Eagle's Wrath" (#41-24524)
Weieneth, Arlynn E., 1st Lt, "Frank's Nightmare" (#42-5437)
Wilson, John W., 1st Lt, "Hellsapoppin" (#41-24459)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He resided in San Diego County, California prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on May 22, 1942 in Los Angeles, California. He was noted as being employed as a Baker and also as Single, without dependents.
John was "Killed In Action", along with his entire crew, when his plane was shot down while on a mission to Schweinfurt, Germany to bomb a Ball Bearing Plant. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
The 91st Bomber Group lost 11 B-17's on this mission.
Service # 39240963
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Crew of B-17 "Stormy Weather" (#42-5225):
Comac, Peter, T/Sgt, Pennsylvania
Klopolsky, John R., T/Sgt, Radio-Op, California
Mitts, Homer J., Jr., Sgt, Waist Gunner, Tennessee
Primeau, Donald, 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Massachusetts
Sparman, Dick L., S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, Montana
Von Der Heyde, Don S., 2nd Lt, Pilot, Pennsylvania
Walton, Mack D., S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Tennessee
Wannemacher, William, S/Sgt, Ball Gunner, New York
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Seven of the other 10 B-17's Lost on this mission:
( Some crew members shown under below Crew Member's record )
Coppage, Everet A., 2nd Lt, "The Sky Wolf II" (#42-29574)
Beasley, Harold H., 1st Lt, "Thunderbird" (#42-5172)
Lindsey, Nathan F., 1st Lt, "Short Snorter III" (#42-5337)
Sandoff, Nick, S/Sgt, "Rain of Terror" (#42-5391)
Warner, Harry K., Jr., 2nd Lt, "The Eagle's Wrath" (#41-24524)
Weieneth, Arlynn E., 1st Lt, "Frank's Nightmare" (#42-5437)
Wilson, John W., 1st Lt, "Hellsapoppin" (#41-24459)
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