The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

Elother Hyan

815threturned to dutyAsst Rad Opr

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Army serial number
32563623
Rank
S/Sgt (5 October 1944)
Sources
macr-crew, morning-report
Flags. known only from an OCR crew list; name may be misread

Aboard a lost aircraft

Morning reports

2 entries, first 27 June 1944, last 5 October 1944; grades seen: S/Sgt. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.

National Archives pages: roll 478080727 p. 217, roll 572483765 p. 3399

Statements, mentions and histories

Casualty questionnaire, page 36: John F. Hyan · 22 June 1944
AFP 1-12
CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
1.
Your name
John F. Hyan
Rank 1/s et Serial No 32563623
815 Sad
James V. Reardon
2. Organization 483 GPGp CommanderB arton
Rank Col. Sqn CO
Rank Lt. Uol.
(full name)
(full name)
3. What year 1944.
month
June
day
22nddid you go down?
4. What was the mission, Fornovo, Italberget, Marshalling Yards , target
time,
noontime
,altitude, 2:0000 feet
route scheduled,
?
, ,route flown
?
5. Where were you when you left formation? Vade Italy
6. Did you bail out?
Yes
7. Did other members of crew bail out?
Six
8. Tell all you know about wien, where, how each person in your aircraft for whom no
individual questionnaire is attached bailed out. A crew list is attached. Please
give facts. If you don't knos, say: "No Knowledge". nison,Johnston, and 1
out through waist door Dekovich, Erlinger, Donohue our nose hatch
Rame time -- Same place
sidridie no knowledge Spragher ohute failed to open
9. Where did your aircraft strike the ground?
Pianaro, Italy
10. What members of your crew were in the aircraft when it struck the ground? (Should
cross check with 8 above and individual questionnaires) Freiburger, Schild
11. Where were they in aircraft?
Cockpit
12. What was their condition? both dead and badly burned
13. When, where, and in what condition did you last ses any members not already des-
cribed above?
Spragher's chute failed to open, saw him on pround
killed instantly
14. Please give any similar information on personnel of any other crew of which you
have knowledge. Inicate source of information.
none
(Any additional information may be written on the back)
6-3862. AF

National Archives, MACR 11543, page 36 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.

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