Name | Stevens, John Jay ‡ |
Rank | Private / Staff Sergeant |
Serial Number | 10600927 ‡ |
Unit Assignments |
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Duty | Flexible Gunner |
MOS | 736 |
Last Duty Date | 8 May 1944 |
Results |
Killed In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France: Plot D Row 27 Grave 28 |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 4561⇓ (4.362 MB) |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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52⇗ | 11 January 1944 |
Target: Ju-88 Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑29688⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
57⇗ | 3 February 1944 |
Target: Submarines (under construction) Type: Submarine Facility Location: Wilhelmshaven, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑37885⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
58⇗ | 4 February 1944 |
Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑29717⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High group, 41st B Combat Wing. Turned back with 'supercharger trouble.' Sortie Report⇗ |
59⇗ | 5 February 1944 |
Target: Bricy Aerodrome, Luftwaffe Training and Bomber Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Orleans, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑37885⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
60⇗ | 6 February 1944 |
Target: Nancy/Essey Aerodrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 41‑24560⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
61⇗ | 8 February 1944 |
Target: Piston Ring Factory Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑29717⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
63⇗ | 20 February 1944 |
Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑37785⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41A Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
64⇗ | 21 February 1944 |
Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Werl, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑37789⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back at 1345 hrs due to runaway #2 supercharger. Sortie Report⇗ |
65⇗ | 22 February 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt & Aschersleben, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑31495⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off 41A Group Deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
66⇗ | 24 February 1944 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑31364⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron, lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
67⇗ | 25 February 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly & Ball Bearings Plants Type: Industry Location: Augsburg & Stuttgart, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑31235⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41A Group, High Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
70⇗ | 3 March 1944 |
Target: Roller-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑31346⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back because #2 engine supercharger surged and oscillated. Sortie Report⇗ |
71⇗ | 4 March 1944 |
Type: Military Location: Berlin, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑31235⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
79⇗ | 22 March 1944 |
Target: Heinkel Aircraft Assembly Plant at Annahof Airfield Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑31435⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead, low group. Mazer is listed as 'Pass/B' implying that he flew in the nose of the aircraft, probably serving as nose-gunner and togglier. Sortie Report⇗ |
81⇗ | 24 March 1944 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97136⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
82⇗ | 26 March 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Grismont, Rebecques, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑31235⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
83⇗ | 27 March 1944 |
Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Tours & Chartres, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑3429⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 94 Group, Flying Spare. Joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
86⇗ | 9 April 1944 |
Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Marienburg, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑31495⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
87⇗ | 10 April 1944 |
Target: Evere Airfield (50°54'3"N 4°20'9"E) Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97188⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
88⇗ | 11 April 1944 |
Target: FW Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Sorau, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97188⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
92⇗ | 20 April 1944 |
Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Sottevast, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97188⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit B Wing, High Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
93⇗ | 22 April 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97188⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
94⇗ | 24 April 1944 |
Target: Dornier-Werke GMBH Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97188⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sustained 20mm cannon damage. Sortie Report⇗ |
95⇗ | 25 April 1944 |
Target: Metz-Frescaty Airdrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Metz, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97309⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
96⇗ | 27 April 1944 |
Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Sottevast, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97188⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
97⇗ | 27 April 1944 |
Target: Toul/Croix de Metz Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97188⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
99⇗ | 1 May 1944 |
Target: Launch Site in Foret Nationale de Tournehem Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Foret Nationale de Tournehem, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97188⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
103⇗ | 8 May 1944 |
Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Sottevast, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑31495⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Hit by continuously tracking flak about one minute before bombs away; aircraft hit by burst between tail and waist doors and went into very steep uncontrollable dive; was seen to hit the ground still burning; tail gunner seemed to be blown out with no chutes observed; crashed near Le Foyer, France. MACR 4561 Sortie Report⇗ |