James E Mayfield

Military

Damaged by flak and later attacked by ME109s on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31471 'Doolittle's Destroyers' crashed NW of Magdeburg after the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31471

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Doolittle's Destroyers
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Prisoner of war

8 March 1944

Born

Elrod, Alabama

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2908, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces