James Anthony Theys

Military
media-37916.jpeg UPL 37916 1LT James Anthony Theys
Pilot/Co-Pilot
351st BG - 510th BS
Completed a 35 mission tour
Served as instructor at Keesler AAF during the war as well

Object Number - UPL 37916 - 1LT James Anthony Theys Pilot/Co-Pilot 351st BG - 510th BS Completed a 35 mission tour Served as instructor at Keesler AAF during the war as well

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Units served with

Missions

Ten men in Air Force combat flying gear  posed in front of a military airplane.  Five men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front.  Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men
  • Date: 11 August 1944
A B-24 Liberator of the 492nd Bomb Group bombs a target near Hamburg. 

Handwritten caption on reverse: 'USAF- 492nd BG showing successful result on oil target near Hamburg, 6 Aug 1944.'
  • Date: 6 August 1944
A mission log for Lieutenant Colonel Paul Chryst of the 91st Bomb Group, 3 August 1944 -15 December 1944. Image via Lieutenant Colonel Paul Chryst, 91st Bomb Group.
  • Date: 3 August 1944
  • Date: 1 August 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lloydell, Pennsylvania 5 September 1921

Other

351st BG Combat Tour

Polebrook Airfield, UK 14 June 1944 - 15 October 1944 Completed a 35 mission tour
Leetsdale, PA 4 May 1950

Died

Cranberry Twp, Pennsylvania 18 May 2014

Buried

Sewickley, Pennsylvania 21 May 2014 Sewickley Cemetery Sewickley, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.351st.org/ken.harbour/

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