James Asa Atkins
Military
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5133 - The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #42-31346 'Shack Rabbit.' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16052210
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-704133
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18190125
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33419781
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18157650
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA | 3 October 1920 | |
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Enlisted |
Cincinnati, OH, USA | 17 October 1942 | Residence: Hamilton County, Ohio Private, Branch Immaterial |
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Other Assigned |
24 March 1944 | Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 544th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #65 dated 24 March 1944, Robert Harold Brown Crew, 3 combat missions. | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
France | 24 April 1944 | POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15. MACR 4355 |
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Died |
Ohio, USA | 30 May 1989 | Burial: Gate of Heaven Cemetery Montgomery Hamilton County Ohio, USA Plot: SEC 11, LOT 151, GRAVE 1 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4355 / MACR 4355, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database