WELLER John G - 406 FS 371 FG

 

John Germaine WELLER

 

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Source : Monty McDaniel (Ellen Marchese)

NUMBER OF SERVICEO-811844  
AGE27 yo
DATE OF BIRTH

 17 March 1917 Garrett, DeKalb County, INDIANA

ENLISTMENT STATEILLINOIS
FAMILY

Parents : Archibald Germain & Kathleen Mary Donahue STILES

Sister : Kathleen Marilyn

Half-brother et half-sister ; John Wain & Patricia Elaine

RANK
First Lieutenant First Lieutenant
FONCTIONPilot
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT IL
DATE of ENLISTEMENT 
REGIMENT SQUADRON406th Fighter Squadron  
DIVISION GROUP 371st Fighter Group 
ARMY9th US Air Force  
DATE OF DEATH9 August 1944

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Source : DebK

STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHNear Broons - 3.5 km from Sévignac 
PLAN DE VOL / FLIGHT PLAN

P-47 Thunderbolt - type D-4-RA - s/n 42-22752 4W*

p47 thunderbolt

Macr : 7404
Mission : Reconnaissance armée Lorient (56)

Décollage site A-6 Beuzeville (50)

Crash observé par 1Lt Forrest A Kilgore

Problèmes mécaniques? - Le pilote n'a apparament pas cherché à évacuer en parachute, peut-être inconscient
Pique vers le sol et explose - 20h40

 
CEMETERY TEMPORARY

CEMTERY TEMPORARY of  St James N°3578

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Story of Cemetery Temporary  

CEMETERYBRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY of St James (Montjoie St Martin)

Map of St James American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
P117
DECORATION

Air Medal with 7 Oak Leaf Clusters

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal 

Brevet Pilote

 

Air Medal with 7 Oak Leaf Clusters

Photo FDLM

victory medal

combat infantryman badge

 
 
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STORY
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Stele in memory of the First Lieutenant John G. WELLER in Sévignac (22)

Source : Aerosteles.net

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Source : Fold3

   		 
John Germaine Weller was born on March 17, 1917, in Garrett, DeKalb County, Indiana. He was the son of Archibald Germain Weller and Kathleen Mary Donahue Stiles.

John served in the 406th Fighter Squadron, 371 st Fighter Group, as a Second Lieutenant and Pilot on the P-47D #42-22752 during World War II.

On August 9, 1944, he took off at A-6 airfield in Beuzeville, France, on an army reconnaissance mission in Lorient, France. At 8:40 PM, his plane crashed near Broons - 3.5 km southeast of Sevignac (possibly due to a mechanical problem). The pilot did not try to evacuate by parachute, perhaps unconscious. The plane dived towards the ground and exploded.

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Source : Fold3

 

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Source : Monty McDaniel

 

SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTOFindagrave.com - Abmc.gov - Francecrashes39-45.net -  Uswarmemorials.org
PROGRAMMERVictor,  Jean-Philippe, Eric, Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud
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