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Burns, John J., Sr., Lt Gen.
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Contact Info
Home Town Bayonne
Last Address Niceville, Florida On the golf course!
Date of Passing Aug 08, 2000
Location of Interment Heritage Gardens - Niceville, Florida
Wall/Plot Coordinates Columbarium
Official Badges
Unofficial Badges
Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
September 1977
U.S. Readiness Command
MacDill AFB. FL
Other Comments:
Lt Gen Burns was a Command Pilot. His military decorations and
awards include: the Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf
cluster, Silver Star, Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster,
Distinguished Flying Cross with two oak leaf clusters, Bronze
Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster,
Air Medal with 33 oak leaf clusters, Air Force Commendation
Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Air Force Outstanding Unit
Award with two oak leaf clusters, Order of National Security
Merit Gugseon Medal (Republic of Korea), and Republic of Korea
Presidential Unit Citation.
1943-1950, P-47 Thunderbolt (Jug)
From Year 1943
To Year 1950
Personal Memories
He enlisted as an aviation cadet in August 1942, graduated in December 1943 with a commission as a second lieutenant and his pilot wings, and then completed training as a fighter pilot in the P-47 Thunderbolt.
From March 1944 to March 1945 during World War II, while assigned to the 371st Fighter Group in the European theater of operations, he flew 106 combat missions in the P-47 aircraft from bases in England and France. Upon his return to the United States, he became a P-47 fighter gunnery instructor at Norfolk, Va., and Wilmington, N.C.
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P-47 Thunderbolt (Jug) Details
Aircraft/Missile Information
Specifications StatsCentral Model Republic P-47D Thunderbolt Length 36.15 ft | 11.02 m Width 40.68 ft | 12.40 m Height 14.67 ft | 4.47 m Engine(s) 1 x Pratt & Whitney R-2800-59 Double-Wasp eighteen cylinder radial engine generating 2,535hp. Empty Weight 9,949 lbs | 4,513 kg MTOW 17,500 lbs | 7,938 kg Max Speed 433 mph | 697 km/h | 376 kts Max Range 449 miles | 722 km Ceiling 40,994 ft | 12,495 m | 7.8 miles Climb Rate 3,200 ft/min (976 m/min) Hardpoints 3 Armament 8 x 12.7mm Machine Guns 10 x 5 in Air-to-Surface HE Rockets
Provision for bomb load, fuel drop tanks or rockets to a maximum of 2,500lbs (1,134kg). Accommodations 1
Major Variants
* XP-47B - Prototype featuring XR-2800 radial generating 1,850hp. * P-47B - Production model based on XP-47B prototype; R-2800-21 radial engine. * P-47C - Extended fuselage; Later types of this model featuring R-2800-59 radial at 2,300hp; Provisions for drop tanks and bombs. * P-47D - Main production model of which 12,602 produced; R-2800-21W (2,300hp) or R-2800-59W (2,535hp) water-injected radial powerplants; Increased MTOW capacity; Provision for drop tanks and air-to-surface HE rockets. * P-47G - Wright-produced P-47D models of which 354 produced. * P-47M - 'Sprinter' interception model designed to combat the V1 / V2 rocket threat; Featured specialized airbrake system and R-2800-57(C) radial generating 2,800hp; 130 produced. * P-47N - Exclusive Pacific Theater model; Long range variant with increased and reinforced wing section of which 1,816 produced; Longer wingspan with blunt-tipped wing tips concealing fuel compartments; R-2800-77 radial generating 2,800hp.
