Entered the service from Utah.
Staff Sergeant John M Mikkelson, Service Number: 39829423, served as waist gunner on B-17s with the 322nd Bomber Squadron, 91th Bomber Group. 30 Jun 1943, during a mission to St Nazaire, France, in B-17 #42-5724, called "Thunderbird / Marnita No. 2", the crew was forced to ditch in the English Channel after heavy flak knocked out engines. Mikkelson did not survive.
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Contributor: carolyn deloach (50647457)
Staff Sergeant John M Mikkelson, Service Number: 39829423, served as waist gunner on B-17s with the 322nd Bomber Squadron, 91th Bomber Group. 30 Jun 1943, during a mission to St Nazaire, France, in B-17 #42-5724, called "Thunderbird / Marnita No. 2", the crew was forced to ditch in the English Channel after heavy flak knocked out engines. Mikkelson did not survive.
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Contributor: carolyn deloach (50647457)
Entered the service from Utah.
Staff Sergeant John M Mikkelson, Service Number: 39829423, served as waist gunner on B-17s with the 322nd Bomber Squadron, 91th Bomber Group. 30 Jun 1943, during a mission to St Nazaire, France, in B-17 #42-5724, called "Thunderbird / Marnita No. 2", the crew was forced to ditch in the English Channel after heavy flak knocked out engines. Mikkelson did not survive.
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Contributor: carolyn deloach (50647457)
Staff Sergeant John M Mikkelson, Service Number: 39829423, served as waist gunner on B-17s with the 322nd Bomber Squadron, 91th Bomber Group. 30 Jun 1943, during a mission to St Nazaire, France, in B-17 #42-5724, called "Thunderbird / Marnita No. 2", the crew was forced to ditch in the English Channel after heavy flak knocked out engines. Mikkelson did not survive.
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Contributor: carolyn deloach (50647457)
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