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Escape and Evasion Report 1602
Military Record · United States Army Air Forces · 1943 · Escape and Evasion Reports
The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
T/Sgt. John Shupitz (3413630) served as ball turret gunner on the Ploesti mission of August 1, 1943, with the 329th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group.
His fate after the aircraft was lost to flak damage was listed as unknown by T/Sgt. Reed.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Position
Ball Turret Gunner
Serial Number
3413630
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.
№
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