James Andrew Bouvier
Military
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FRE 5134
The insignia of the 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 545th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #38 dated 26 February 1944, Gerard A. Heim Crew.
14 Combat missions
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-17 #42-102448 JD-P, MEXICAN HAY RIDE. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 4242
POW
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mexican Hay Ride
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 29 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Starksboro, VT, USA | 21 August 1918 | Addison County |
Died |
Bristol, VT 05443, USA | 14 June 1991 | Burial: Mount Saint Joseph Cemetery Bristol Addison County Vermont, USA |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 29 April 1944 | POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4242 / MACR 4242, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database