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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

John Williams Affleck

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Vienna, Virginia

Honored By

Lloyd J Hutchins

Relationship

3 degrees of separation

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

Assigned to the VIII Air Force, 100th Bombardment Group, 350th Bombardment Squadron. Shot down by enemy fire over Bartelsdorf (near Rotenburg) on 31 Dec 1944 while on a mission in a B-17G Flying Fortress to Hamburg Germany. He was a waist-gunner. POW until the Russians liberated their camp in Nuremburg in April 1945. Received the Purple Heart and the Air Medal with three clusters.