World War II Honoree

John Embach

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Tempe, Arizona

Honored By

Jon Schulstad

Relationship

Friend

SERVED AS A B-17 NAVIGATOR. ASSIGNED TO THE 360TH BOMB SQUADRON, 303RD BOMB GROUP (H), STATIONED AT MOLESWORTH, ENGLAND. ARRIVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATERS OF OPERATION IN OCTOBER 1942. PARTICIPATED IN NINE COMBAT MISSIONS, ALL INTO GERMAN-OCCUPIED FRANCE. HIS B-17 WAS SHOT DOWN ON JANUARY 23, 1943 ON A MISSION AGAINST THE GERMAN U-BOAT BASE AT LORIENT. HE PARACHUTED OUT OF HIS CRIPPLED B-17 AND WAS TAKEN AS A PRISONER OF WAR. HE SPENT 29 MONTHS IN CAPTIVITY IN STALAG LUFT III (SOUTH).