James A Parkes

Military
media-52535.jpeg UPL 52535 S/Sgt James A Parkes, 401BG.

USAAF photo

Object Number - UPL 52535 - S/Sgt James A Parkes, 401BG.

Crashed in Spain on 6/19/44 in B-17 Liberty Run #42-31315. Interned then sent back to England and returned to his base and started instructing others on the use of the radio. He was then reassigned to a bomber and flew quite a few more missions then he was shot down again and became a Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31315

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Liberty Run
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

42-97478

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Shade Ruff #2
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

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Interned (INT)

19 June 1944

Revisions

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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.

 

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5999 / MACR5999, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2642 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 52535 - S/Sgt James A Parkes, 401BG.