TSgt John Joseph Vail Jr. (1908-1943)

TSgt John Joseph Vail Jr. Veteran

Birth

8 Oct 1908

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Death

11 Jun 1943 (aged 34)

Burial

Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial

Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands Add to Map

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John entered the service from Illinois
Missing in Action

Service numbers: 36397667
Highest rank: Technical Sergeant
Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart

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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Winifred Helen Vail Gardner

1905–1990

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