James Donald Houtchens
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 322BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Stendahl, Germany in B-17G 'Wee Willie' 42-31333, killed in explosion or crash Nr Stendahl 8-Apr-45. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 13881.
Awards: AM (3 OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-774609
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bomber pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Wee Willie
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 8 April 1945
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
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Born |
14 February 1924 | Son of Charles Henry and Aura Elizabeth [Brakey] Houtchens. | |
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Died |
8 April 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Stendahl, Germany in B-17G 'Wee Willie' 42-31333, killed in explosion or crash Nr Stendahl 8-Apr-45. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 13881. | |
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Buried Killed in Action (KIA) |
Tablets of the Missing Cemetery and Memorial Margraten Eijsden-Margraten Municipality Limburg, Netherlands | ||
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Based |
8 April 1945 | Assigned to 322BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Buried |
Memorialised Kearney Cemetery Kearney Nebraska | ||
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Enlisted |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13881 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database