Crew Roster · Personal File

John F. Minogue

Pilot · 409th Squadron
Hometown506 North Claudin Street, Anaheim, California, CA

2nd Lt. John F. Minogue is listed on the MACR as an extra pilot. The report header area references him, and a correction document from ETOUSA headquarters dated 24 July 1944 specifically corrects his serial number to O-734117.

A certificate from the 93rd Bombardment Group dated 10 July 1944 notes that on August 1, 1943, A/C No. 612-K with Porter as pilot and Minogue as co-pilot was missing over target — suggesting Minogue may have been co-pilot rather than extra pilot, with Boswell filling a separate crew role.

His next of kin was listed as Mrs. Pearl T. Minogue (mother), 506 North Claudin Street, Anaheim, California.

PASSED 01 AUG 1943

Sortie Log

2 CATALOGUED SORTIES
01 AUG 1943 — 01 AUG 1943

The sorties 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.

8AF Mission
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 115
01 AUG 1943
Ploesti Oil Fields
B-24D serial 42-40612 (designated A/C No. 612-K in unit records) departed Benghazi on August 1, 1943 as part of the low-level mission against the Ploesti oil fields in Romania. The aircraft was lost over the target as a result of enemy anti-aircraft fire. Weather conditions at the time of loss were not available. The aircraft carried a crew of eleven. Engine serials recorded: (a) 42-62861, (b) 42-62807, (c) 42-62784, (d) 42-62037. The MACR was prepared on 14 July 1944 by 1st Lt. George D. Weisel, Air Corps, Intelligence Officer. Two crew members, Dickson and Boswell, were interred in the village cemetery of Plop, Commune of Harsa, District of Prahova, Romania. A sketch of the cemetery was attached to the MACR file.
Euroclydon The Storm42-40612
№ 115
01 AUG 1943
Ploesti Oil Fields
B-24D serial 42-40612 (designated A/C No. 612-K in unit records) departed Benghazi on August 1, 1943 as part of the low-level mission against the Ploesti oil fields in Romania. The aircraft was lost over the target as a result of enemy anti-aircraft fire. Weather conditions at the time of loss were not available. The aircraft carried a crew of eleven. Engine serials recorded: (a) 42-62861, (b) 42-62807, (c) 42-62784, (d) 42-62037. The MACR was prepared on 14 July 1944 by 1st Lt. George D. Weisel, Air Corps, Intelligence Officer. Two crew members, Dickson and Boswell, were interred in the village cemetery of Plop, Commune of Harsa, District of Prahova, Romania. A sketch of the cemetery was attached to the MACR file.
Euroclydon The Storm42-40612
§ Interment
Cemetery
Florence American Cemetery