His next of kin Included Mr. and Mrs. James Russell, parents,
Apalachicola, Florida.

DIED NON-BATTLE; date, location and unit assignment at time of
death is unknown.





RYAN, John F.


BATTERY C, 265TH COAST ARTILLERY
(Escambia County)

Born: 24 July 1921 Highlands, New Jersey.

Ryan was a high school graduate I giving in Pensacola and working
as a laborer when he enlisted in Battery C, 265th Coast Artillery
23 October 1939. He was inducted Into federal service 6 January
1941. Later, he was assigned to the 20TH BOMB SQUADRON, 2ND BOMB
GROUP. He was a Staff Sergeant at the time of his death.

His next of kin Included John Ryan, father, Chicago, Illinois.

KILLED IN ACTION; 25 February 1944, Moosdorf, Austria.

20th Bomb Squadron 2nd Bomb Group


(The 2nd operated B-17 heavy bombers from bases in North Africa
and Italy. Beginning in December 1943, the group was part of the
Fifteenth Air Force attacking strategic targets in Germany and
the other oppupied countries of central and southern Europe. On
their mission against a German aircraft factory in Steyr, Austria
24 February 1944, the group received a Distinguished Unit
Citation for maintaining unit integrity and bombing their target
in spite of extremely heavy enemy opposition. On a similar
mission the very next day against Regensburg, Germany, the group
received a second DUC. Ryan was killed on that mission).