John Bernard Mayes

Citadel Class 1940
Date of Death 18-dec-42
Service USAAC
War World War II
Cemetery Rosemont Cemetery
Rank abbr. 1LT

Born state SC
Hometown Newberry
State SC
Service Number S/N O-438107
Function Co-Pilot

Squadron 342nd BS
Group 97th BG
Plane Data B-17
Plane Nickname "Sooner II"
Pilot/crew Lt. John Nichols
Theater Africa
Status KIA
Casualty details KIA, Bizerte North Africa
Place of death over Bizerte Harbor, Tunisia
Spot plane crash landed at Le Klef. Four crew KIA. One account tells of Mayes being killed by an anti-aircraft shell explosion
Town Newberry
Biography see newspaper clippings

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