James C Green | American Air Museum

James C Green Jr

Military

Shot down 6 March 1943 in B-17F 42-5130 'Sweet Pea', 306BG/367BS while serving as Right Waist Gunner. The aircraft was on mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. Flak caused damage to the aircraft and he baled out and was captured as a Prisoner of War (POW).

Green was awarded the Legion of Merit for his part in devising a nose mount for the .50 calibre machine gun. He died in Maryville TN following a heart attack on 29th April 1993.

He helped build a new type machine gun mount. He was an ex-armament chief. He volunteered for combat duty after collaborating with Sergeant. Ben F. Marcilonis on the gun mount, which was then installed on the combat duty B-17 Green was assigned to.

POW; Legion of Merit,

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Units served with

306th Bomb Group

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

367th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-5130

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Sweet Pea
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

Missions

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Hell's Angels" of the 303rd Bomb Group. Passed for publication 24 Sep 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'American Public To See Veteran Raider. The famous Flying Fortress "Hell's Angels," which has raided enemy territory 41 times dropping 205,000 lbs of bombs and shooting down 16 enemy fighters, is to be flown to the United States where it will "tour" the country for inspection by the American public. Its targets include St. Nazaire (3 times), Wilhelmshave

VIII Bomber Command 40

Date: 6 March 1943

Places

A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'

Thurleigh

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Bedford

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other Prisoner of War (POW)		6 March 1943 - 5 June 1945	Held at Stalag 17B, Braunau-Gneikendorf (near Krems), Austria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 5-Jun-45.
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Location

Date

Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

6 March 1943 - 5 June 1945

Held at Stalag 17B, Braunau-Gneikendorf (near Krems), Austria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 5-Jun-45.

Born

Revisions

Date6 Dec 2023 22:42:59

Contributorjmoore43

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Capitalized the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

Date18 Dec 2020 11:01:56

ContributorHelen

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306th Echoes July 1993

Date29 Jul 2015 22:26:22

ContributorLee8thbuff

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Lee Cunningham 29-Jul-2015. Added Decoration and POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; Added SN per MACR 15568;Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Edited Summary Biography with A/C model letter, unit association, crew position and target details per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:14:11

ContributorAAM

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306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; MACR 15568, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p. 89, First Over Germany by Russell Strong pp. 74-6 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15568 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database