Pilot 1/Lt John B.McCormick, DFC MIA/KIA
Hometown: Dewitt NY
Squadron: 565th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # O-661952
Awards: Silver Star, Distinguished Service Cross, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Target:Oslo, Norway
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 2885
Date Lost: 18-Nov-43
Serial Number:42-40787
Aircraft Model B-24H-15-CF
Aircraft Letter: V
Aircraft Name: Vagabond King
Location: North Sea
Cause: Fw-190's over the North Sea -- 10 KIA
Notes: Apparently hit by friendly or enemy fire and was forced to ditch. His body was not recovered.
Captain Mccormick was a Ploesti Raider having flown the Vagabond King in "Operation Tidal Wave" where he was awarded the Silver Star and DFC.
Mccormick appears in the Ploesti raid roster and on the Missing air crew report as 1st Lieutenant. However he is listed as captain on the Cambridge wall of the missing. Captain Mccormick may have been promoted posthumously.
The Vagabond King's crew when it went down in the North Sea.
Capt. John B. McCormick Pilot MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Charles W. Tourison Co Pilot MIA/KIA
1/Lt Marvin R.Mendelsohn Navigator MIA/KIA
1st/Lt. Marvin Mosco Bombardier MIA/KIA
2/Lt Enrico J. Chelini Observer MIA/KIA
T/Sgt. Donald E. Turnipseed Engineer MIA/KIA
Sgt. Alfred P. Rossi Jr. Radio Op. MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. Lewis H. Raines Gunner MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. Gerald E. Murphy Gunner MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. William J. Budai Gunner MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. Kenneth R. Scott Gunner MIA/KIA
Hometown: Dewitt NY
Squadron: 565th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # O-661952
Awards: Silver Star, Distinguished Service Cross, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Target:Oslo, Norway
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 2885
Date Lost: 18-Nov-43
Serial Number:42-40787
Aircraft Model B-24H-15-CF
Aircraft Letter: V
Aircraft Name: Vagabond King
Location: North Sea
Cause: Fw-190's over the North Sea -- 10 KIA
Notes: Apparently hit by friendly or enemy fire and was forced to ditch. His body was not recovered.
Captain Mccormick was a Ploesti Raider having flown the Vagabond King in "Operation Tidal Wave" where he was awarded the Silver Star and DFC.
Mccormick appears in the Ploesti raid roster and on the Missing air crew report as 1st Lieutenant. However he is listed as captain on the Cambridge wall of the missing. Captain Mccormick may have been promoted posthumously.
The Vagabond King's crew when it went down in the North Sea.
Capt. John B. McCormick Pilot MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Charles W. Tourison Co Pilot MIA/KIA
1/Lt Marvin R.Mendelsohn Navigator MIA/KIA
1st/Lt. Marvin Mosco Bombardier MIA/KIA
2/Lt Enrico J. Chelini Observer MIA/KIA
T/Sgt. Donald E. Turnipseed Engineer MIA/KIA
Sgt. Alfred P. Rossi Jr. Radio Op. MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. Lewis H. Raines Gunner MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. Gerald E. Murphy Gunner MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. William J. Budai Gunner MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. Kenneth R. Scott Gunner MIA/KIA
Pilot 1/Lt John B.McCormick, DFC MIA/KIA
Hometown: Dewitt NY
Squadron: 565th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # O-661952
Awards: Silver Star, Distinguished Service Cross, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Target:Oslo, Norway
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 2885
Date Lost: 18-Nov-43
Serial Number:42-40787
Aircraft Model B-24H-15-CF
Aircraft Letter: V
Aircraft Name: Vagabond King
Location: North Sea
Cause: Fw-190's over the North Sea -- 10 KIA
Notes: Apparently hit by friendly or enemy fire and was forced to ditch. His body was not recovered.
Captain Mccormick was a Ploesti Raider having flown the Vagabond King in "Operation Tidal Wave" where he was awarded the Silver Star and DFC.
Mccormick appears in the Ploesti raid roster and on the Missing air crew report as 1st Lieutenant. However he is listed as captain on the Cambridge wall of the missing. Captain Mccormick may have been promoted posthumously.
The Vagabond King's crew when it went down in the North Sea.
Capt. John B. McCormick Pilot MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Charles W. Tourison Co Pilot MIA/KIA
1/Lt Marvin R.Mendelsohn Navigator MIA/KIA
1st/Lt. Marvin Mosco Bombardier MIA/KIA
2/Lt Enrico J. Chelini Observer MIA/KIA
T/Sgt. Donald E. Turnipseed Engineer MIA/KIA
Sgt. Alfred P. Rossi Jr. Radio Op. MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. Lewis H. Raines Gunner MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. Gerald E. Murphy Gunner MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. William J. Budai Gunner MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. Kenneth R. Scott Gunner MIA/KIA
Hometown: Dewitt NY
Squadron: 565th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # O-661952
Awards: Silver Star, Distinguished Service Cross, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Target:Oslo, Norway
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 2885
Date Lost: 18-Nov-43
Serial Number:42-40787
Aircraft Model B-24H-15-CF
Aircraft Letter: V
Aircraft Name: Vagabond King
Location: North Sea
Cause: Fw-190's over the North Sea -- 10 KIA
Notes: Apparently hit by friendly or enemy fire and was forced to ditch. His body was not recovered.
Captain Mccormick was a Ploesti Raider having flown the Vagabond King in "Operation Tidal Wave" where he was awarded the Silver Star and DFC.
Mccormick appears in the Ploesti raid roster and on the Missing air crew report as 1st Lieutenant. However he is listed as captain on the Cambridge wall of the missing. Captain Mccormick may have been promoted posthumously.
The Vagabond King's crew when it went down in the North Sea.
Capt. John B. McCormick Pilot MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Charles W. Tourison Co Pilot MIA/KIA
1/Lt Marvin R.Mendelsohn Navigator MIA/KIA
1st/Lt. Marvin Mosco Bombardier MIA/KIA
2/Lt Enrico J. Chelini Observer MIA/KIA
T/Sgt. Donald E. Turnipseed Engineer MIA/KIA
Sgt. Alfred P. Rossi Jr. Radio Op. MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. Lewis H. Raines Gunner MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. Gerald E. Murphy Gunner MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. William J. Budai Gunner MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. Kenneth R. Scott Gunner MIA/KIA
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from New York.
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