Name:
John Christopher Fassnacht
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
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Unit:
778th Bomber Squadron, 464th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1944-10-17
State:
Indiana
Cemetery:
Riverview Cemetery, South Bend, St. Joseph County
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John Fassnacht was born in 1921and was from Soth Bend, Indiana. He served as the Pilot on B-24 (42-51964) of the 778th Bomber Squadron, 464th Bomber Group which was based out of Pantanella Airbase in Italy.
On October 17, 1944, this plane was a mission to bomb the heavily defended city of Vienna. Over Vienna, the plane was hit and badly damaged. Two of the crew were killed in flight; the others parachuted out and all were captured except for one who died on impact. A memorial in Zohor, Slovakia remembers the plane and two crewmembers who died with the plane.
Fassnacht was killed in the crash.