Kluttz John Calvin 'JC'

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John Calvin 'JC' Kluttz is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Museum of the Air Battle over the Ore Mountains September 11, 1944

Name:

John Calvin 'JC' Kluttz

Rank:

Staff Sergeant

Serial Number:

Unit:

350th Bomber Squadron, 100th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

1987-03-10

State:

Texas

Cemetery:

Grove Hill Memorial Park Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

Plot:

Hilltop, Lot 23

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Comments:

JC was born in in Texas in November 1919 in Michigan. He served as the Ball Turret Gunner of B-17G Flying Fortress #42-102657 "Boss Lady." Shot down by enemy fighter on mission to Ruhland, Germany, and crashing in a region that is in present-day Czech Republic.

Five crew members were Killed In Action,
and five survived and were taken as
Prisoners Of War by the Germans.

The men lost were:

1st Lt. Albert E. Trommer, Pilot
2nd Lt. Levi F Groce, Jr, Bombardier
2nd Lt. James H Wright, Jr, Navigator
T/Sgt. Alvin J W Severson, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
T/Sgt. William M Stone, Radio Operator

The air crew was originally listed as Missing In
Action (MACR 8820). The remains were later
located.The other names on the grave marker are members of several other B-17s that were lost on same mission date. An elementary school in Kovarska, Czechia is named in JC's honor where the plane crashed on that day.

Source: Find a Grave
Source of photo: Natalie Solomon