James C Shelley Jr

Military

Prisoner of War (POW). Shot down 17 April 1943 in B-17 42-29643. Crashed near Visbek SW of the target Bremen, Germany when a/c was damaged on the bomb run. Unable to stay with the squadron on the turn, fighters moved in, with the #2 engine on fire, Pilot Miller ordered a bailout and crew members survived and became Prisoner of War (POW)s. Shelley was imprisoned at Stalag 7a Mooseburg and then moved to work camps ending at work camp 48-11. This mission was a particularly hard loss for the 306th.



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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-29643

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Prisoner of war

17 April 1943

Born

Kentucky

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15523,Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Volume I by Bishop and Hey p. 107, Fame's Favored Few by R. Strong p. 88-89, NARA POW