James E Gleason Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 715BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. Take-off accident in B-24 44-50572, crashed Seething. UK 17-Apr-45 A/C exploded before crew could be pulled free. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12216281 / O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Boston, MA | 22 October 1922 | Son of James E Sr and Alice R Gleason. |
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Enlisted |
Boston, MA | 11 March 1943 | Boston, Massachusetts |
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Died |
Seething, UK | 17 April 1945 | Take-off accident in B-24 44-50572, crashed Seething. UK 17-Apr-45 A/C exploded before crew could be pulled free. Killed in Action (KIA). |
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Buried |
18 April 1945 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | |
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Based |
Seething | 17 April 1945 | Assigned to 715BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Mount Hope Cemetery, Boston, Suffolk County, MA | Re-Interred Mount Hope Cemetery Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts | |
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Other Specialist training |
Yuma AAF, AZ | Completed training at Yuma AAF, Arizona |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Supplement