James Elmer Black

Military

•Promoted to Corporal on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #163 dated 9 December 1943

•Promoted to Sergeant on AF Station 106 Special Orders #31 dated 15 February 1944

•Transferred in grade from the 2001st Engineer Aviation Fire Fighting Platoon to the 2023rd Engineer Aviation Fire Fighting Platoon on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #60 dated 29 March 1944.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

14 May 1915

Enlisted

7 April 1943 Residence: Spartanburg, South Carolina Private, No Branch Assignment

Died

26 December 1996 Burial: Greenlawn Memorial Gardens Spartanburg Spartanburg County South Carolina, USA

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Removed MOS info in the "Role/job" field.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…