James Otis Preston
Military
UPL 83064
UPL 83064
2nd Lt James O. Preston
James Otis Preston
On
Assigned to 840BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Nis, Yugoslavia in B-17 42-5786 'Whizzer II' 15-Apr-44. A/C hit by flak in radio room causing massive fire and disintegration. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 3909
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 840th Bomb Squadron 483rd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 6396357
- Highest Rank: Private First Class
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 840th Bomb Squadron 483rd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 36297261
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 840th Bomb Squadron 483rd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 33563970
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 840th Bomb Squadron 483rd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 34665857
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 840th Bomb Squadron 483rd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 19049797 / O-757938
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Whizzer II
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 840th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Carroll County, Ohio | 8 August 1921 | BornCarroll County, Ohio |
Enlisted |
Wheeling, West Virginia | 29 May 1942 | EnlistedWheeling, West Virginia |
Other Commissioned |
9 May 1943 | Commissioned 2nd Lt | |
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Nis, Yugoslavia | 15 August 1944 | Killed in Action (KIA)Nis, Yugoslavia |
Buried |
Leesville Cemetery Leesville, Ohio | 1 January 1948 | Re-InterredLeesville CemeteryLeesville, Ohio |