James Harris Chandler
MilitaryAssigned to 534BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Tours 24-Jun-44 in B-17 42-102585 'The Betty L'; flak hit in radio room, crashed Valleres-le-Hay, 12 miles SW of Tours, France; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 6534
24 June 1944 in AC 42-102585. (MACR lists Prisoner of War (POW). Was captured by Germans and taken Prisoner of War (POW) where he stayed for the remainder of the war. First at Stalag Luft III and then was moved to Stalag 7A
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37478335
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19103322
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15097718 / O-695264
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-741356
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier, Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19180904
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Betty L
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 24 June 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 13C
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Marianna, AR 72360, USA | 27 April 1924 | Son of Jack Swift and Minnie L [Harris] Chandler. |
Enlisted |
Memphis, TN | 18 September 1942 | Memphis, Tennessee |
Other Baled out POW |
Valleres-le-Hay, France | 24 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Tours 24-Jun-44 in B-17 42-102585 'The Betty L'; flak hit in radio room, crashed Valleres-le-Hay, 12 miles SW of Tours, France; POW MACR 6534 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Moosburg, Germany | 24 June 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft XIIb. |
Died |
26 June 2002 | ||
Buried |
Memphis Memory Gardens Memphis, Shelby County, TN | 29 June 2002 | Memphis Memory Gardens Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee |
Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Ridgewell | 24 June 1944 | Assigned to 534BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Memphis, TN |
Revisions
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999, MACR 6534/daughter / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
MACR 6534 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database