James E Jennings
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 26 July 1943 in B-17 #42-30282. Plane crashed into North Sea. He was wounded in the right arm (the report also said that he had been hit in the chest) and he was injured prior to this by machine gun fire, he was hit and killed by a 20 mm shell while coming through the hatchway from the navigators’ compartment to the pilot’s compartment. McCaffery, 2nd Lt., Navigator was directly behind Lt. Jennings at the time of death. Remains not found.
Killed in Action (KIA).
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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: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38308333
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-661550
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 26 July 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Borkum, Germany | 26 July 1943 | |
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Born |
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Buried |
Memorialised on the Tablets of the Missing | ||
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Enlisted |
Indiana, USA | Exact date not yet known. |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Associated person records with details from John Kuhlmann, relative of Otto Kuhlmann.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 95 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database