John Kogut

The Man Behind the Name

§ Biography

Internment in Switzerland

On 16 March 1944, Sgt. John P. Kogut was serving as right waist gunner aboard B-24 "Big Noise" (42-40969), 330th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group, on a raid against Friedrichshafen, Germany. The aircraft was damaged by flak and made an emergency landing at Dübendorf airfield, Switzerland. Kogut and his entire crew were interned for the remainder of the war. (MACR 3531)

Missions flown.

4 catalogued · 16 Mar 1944 — 25 Feb 1944

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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