Faas, John E. – ww2 Europe

Rank and Name in, Second Lieutenant John E. Faas.

Unit/Placed in, 576th Bomber Squadron, 392nd Bomber Group (Heavy).

John was born approx. on Sep. 27, 1917 in Passaic County, New Jersey.

Mother, Anna Faas.

John entered the service from new Jersey in Dec. 1942 with service number # 693655.

John E. Faas was a Co Pilot in the (B-24) 576th Bomber Squadron.

John‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-24 were,

1st Lt. George E. Jones Pilot

2nd Lt. John E. Faas Co Pilot

1st Lt. Jack C. Morris Navigator

1st Lt. Harry E. Thomas jr. Bombardier

T/Sgt. Ralph E. McAdams Radio Operator

T/Sgt. Allan E. Bodoh Engineer

S/Sgt. Tommie Lane Left Waist Gunner

S/Sgt. Henry E. Marvin Right Waist Gunner

S/Sgt. Vincent H. Rossi Turret Gunner

John was KIA near Wagenfeld, Germany, on July 7, 1944, he is honored with an Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

John is buried at Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands.

Thanks to b-24net http://www.b24.net/ Together we served https://airforce.togetherweserved.com/usaf/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=130625

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and ww2-europe.com.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

National Historian

Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com