New England Air Museum
John S. Volkert
 
Current Address:   None
 
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Family Information:   Siblings: Bill, Verna ("Kitty")
 
Hometown:   Buffalo, NY
 
Date Entered Service:   June 22, 1943
 
Service Number:   12025078/ 0747530
 
Bomb Group:   468th Bomb Group
 
Squadron:   794th Bomb Squadron
 
Location of Unit:   Clovis AFB, Clovis, NM
 
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Awards/Decorations:   Asiatic-Pacific Service Medal, American Theater Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 2 Oak LeafClusters, China Campaign, India-Burma Campaign, Central Burma Campaign, Eastern Mandates, Air Offensive Japan
 
Service Schools Attended:  
 
Military Specialty(ies):   MOS 1093-Pilot B-29 VHB,
 
Rank Upon Discharge:   Captain
 
Crew Type:   Flight crew 
 
Airplane Serial No.& Name:   42-63420 Rankless Wreck, 44-61566 Jack's Hack
 
Were you a POW?   No
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Were you interned?   No 
If so, where?  
 
Date Transferred from the 58th:  
 
Date Discharged from the 58th:   December 29, 1945
 
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