James D Judy
Military
Personal collection
Object Number - UPL 41435 - Picture of John M Yatsko
17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-5712 'My Prayer' on mission to Schweinfurt, Germany, A/C attacked by fighters. With A/C afire, 7 of the crew bailed out near Frankfurt. Pilot Judy, Co-pilot Lays and Engineer Cherry stayed with the A/C and landed on the grass at RAF Manston, Kent.
James Judy was the pilot of 'My Prayer' on the Schweinfurt raid of 17th August 1943 when it was badly damaged and seven of the crew bailed out. The engineer was seriously wounded and Judy managed to bring the crippled plane back to Bassingbourn.
Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 #42-5178 'The Old Stand, and spent the rest of the war in Stalag Luft 111 as a Prisoner of War.
He re-joined the Air Force in 1947 but was sadly killed in 1955 flying a B-25 out of Mitchell Air Base.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18103410 and O-738586
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier, Navigator
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Denmark | 9 October 1943 | |
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Born |
Mercer Island, Washington, USA |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Biography completed by historian Helen Millgate. Information sourced from newsletters of the 91st Bomb Group related to the service of James Judy.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 898 / MACR 898, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 248 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
