James Edgar Dent Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Lambuth College photo - Jackson TM
Object Number - UPL 57510 - James E Dent Jr - was Killed in Action on 13 April 1944 while serving as Co-Pilot of B-17 aircraft #42-31048 on a bombing mission to Schweinfurt,...
B-17 42-31166 'Miss Billie Jr' lost two engines after take-off as the spare for an operational mission on 24-Mar-44 and was forced to make a wheels up emergency landing in a field West of Nuthampstead. RTD.
Shot down 13-Apr-944 in B-17 42-31048. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM, PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Jackson, Tennessee, USA | 9 April 1918 | Son of James Edgar Sr and Nora [Hitchcock] Dent. |
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Died |
Manheim, Germany | 13 April 1944 | |
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Based |
Grafton Underwood | 13 April 1944 | Assigned to 545BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium Plot A, Row 8, Grave 12 |
Revisions
AAIR 44-03-24-524 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3866 / MACR 3866, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
