World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
John Ehnot
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Dunmore, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Jan Bos
FLIGHT OFFICER, WAS COPILOT OF C-47 42-32918 OF THE 53RD TROOP CARRIER SQUADRON, 61ST TROOP CARRIER GROUP. HIS UNIT PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION HUSKY II (11 JULY 1943) IN SICILY, DROPPING PARATROOPERS OF THE 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION. THE AIRPLANE WAS SHOT DOWN BY FRIENDLY FIRE. ALL ONBOARD DIED IN THE CRASH. HE IS BURIED IN THE JEFFERSON BARRACKS NATIONAL CEMETERY, ST LOUIS, MISSOURI (GROUP BURIAL).