James Golbski

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-21492.jpeg UPL 21492 James Golbski - Bettendorf, 453rd BG, KIA Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor

Object Number - UPL 21492 - James Golbski - Bettendorf, 453rd BG, KIA

Shot down by fighters and exploded upon striking the water near Steenbergen, Holland on a mission to Gotha, GR on 22 Feb 1944 in B-24 41-28615 'Ginnie'. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ginnie
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 733rd Bomb Squadron

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Events

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Killed in Action (KIA)

North Sea 22 February 1944

Born

Bettendorf, Iowa

Buried

Listed on Tablets of the Missing

Revisions

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Sources

An Emotional Gauntlet, Stuart J Wright, Pen & Sword Books, © 2004
American Battle Monuments Commission

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2895 / MACR 2895, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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