James Allan Vranna

Military
media-15777.jpeg UPL 15777 42-107224 SU-Q, unnamed, 384th Bombardment Group, 544th Bombardment Squadron

384thbombgroup.com

Object Number - UPL 15777 - 42-107224 SU-Q, unnamed, 384th Bombardment Group, 544th Bombardment Squadron

Plane crashed 4 August 1944 over base in England on a training mission.

Vranna was the only survivor.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36595144
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Boomerang
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Kelso, WA, USA 4 April 1921

Died

Bismarck, ND, USA 22 July 2012

Buried

Mandan, ND, USA

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Merged with duplicate entries to include detials from:
http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=4113;
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=v...;
AAIR 44-08-03-517 ;
Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database.

Additional detail from http://www.findagrave.com

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Relative, H. James Hood

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