James Addison Main
Military ROLL OF HONOURCorporal, 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. KIS 23 June 1943 when bombs loaded into B-17 #42-30024 "Caroline" exploded. 23 members of the 533rd BS and one civilian were killed. Buried in the Brookwood Cemetery. Re-interred in the Cambridge AMC.
Hancock, WV
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11095163
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15320732
- Highest Rank: Private First Class
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37249675
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33281444
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13065542
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Caroline
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Brookwood American Cemetery, Woking, Surrey, UK
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Newport, RI | 4 November 1921 | |
Based |
Ridgewell | 5 June 1943 - 23 June 1943 | |
Other Killed in Service (KIS) |
Ridgewell, England - Station 167 | 23 June 1943 | Caroline explosion |
Buried |
Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial | 26 June 1943 | |
Buried |
Plot B, Row 7, Grave 36 |
Revisions
All entries from ARowe95 are from:
381st BGMA
533rd Bomb Squadron War Diary
242nd Medical Detachment Diary
Fold.3
Find-A-Grave
ABMC.gov
They Came from Over the Pond - David Osborne
The Mighty Men of the 381st - James Good Brown
Triumphant We Fly - Ken Stone
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999, Roll of Honor, , Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 160, ABMC / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia