John T. Dee

The Man Behind the Name

§ Biography

Sgt. John T. Dee served as a crew member aboard B-24D 42-40609 in the 330th Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group. The aircraft was lost on August 1, 1943 during the low-level mission to the Ploesti oil refineries in Romania. His status was listed as unknown on the MACR.

Next of kin listed for Dee was Mr. William Dee (father), 1212 Meadow Avenue, Charleroi, Pennsylvania. His name appears consistently across all OCR versions of the next-of-kin page.

Service record.

§ As Catalogued

Rank

Sergeant

Serial Number

13037150

Missions flown.

1 catalogued · 01 Aug 1943

The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.

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