Category:John B. Herboth Jr.

**John B. Herboth Jr.**
	United States Army Air Forces colonel and bomber pilot (1913-1945)
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Date of birth	14 April 1913; Chicago
Date of death	7 April 1945; Soltau
Manner of death	death in battle;
Cause of death	mid-air collision;
Place of burial	Arlington National Cemetery;
Country of citizenship	United States of America;
Educated at	United States Military Academy;
Occupation	military personnel; military aviator;
Award received	Distinguished Flying Cross; Purple Heart; Air Medal;
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English: John Bennett Herboth Jr. (1913-1945) was a bomber pilot in the United States Army Air Forces. During World War II, he was assigned as the commander of the 389th Bomb Group in England, flying B-24 Liberators. On 7 April 1945, while piloting B-24 "Palace of Dallas" on a bombing raid over Germany, a Messerschmitt Bf 109 piloted by a member of the Sonderkommando Elbe rammed the B-24, killing eight (including Herboth) of the ten crew members onboard.

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