James E Urban
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 54663 - 2nd Lt James E Urban, 448BG.
Assigned to 713BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by fighters on mission to Brunswick on 11-Jan-44 in B-24 42-52123. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2518
Awards: PH.
Connections
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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 713th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15130316 / O-808492
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 713th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14040228
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 713th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-687928
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 713th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32675587
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 713th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-688184
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Thirty Day Furlough
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 713th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Enlisted |
Detroit, MI | 27 December 1941 | Detroit, Michigan |
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Died |
Oodorn, Netherlands | 11 January 1944 | Shot down by fighters on mission to Brunswick on 11-Jan-44 in B-24 42-52123. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2518 |
|
Buried |
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Louisville, Jefferson County, KY | 21 June 1950 | Re-Interred Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky |
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Born |
Pennsylvania | ||
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Seething | 11 January 1944 | Assigned to 713BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3307479/james-e-urban
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2518 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
