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Escape and Evasion Report 1613
Military Record · United States Army Air Forces · 1943 · Escape and Evasion Reports
The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
2nd Lt. John O. Lockhart served as co-pilot on the Ploesti mission of 1 August 1943. His fate is documented in E&E Report No. 1618, which records the experiences of crew members who survived the crash landing near Ploesti.
Lockhart survived the crash landing and was observed by bombardier Adams at a first aid station near the wreckage. He was subsequently captured by Romanian forces and spent the remainder of the war as a prisoner of war.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
2nd Lieutenant
Position
Co-Pilot
Serial Number
O-740848
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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Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 115
01 Aug 1943
Ploesti
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Sources.
§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1943
Official record