James Franklin Cross

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-40963.jpeg UPL 40963 Joined the 352nd FS 353FG 8th AAF 8/21/44

Personal Collection of 1st Lt. Billy Joe Murray

Object Number - UPL 40963 - Joined the 352nd FS 353FG 8th AAF 8/21/44

Assigned to 352FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission, crashed near Altenau in P-51D 'Stasia' 44-15388 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10471



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 352nd Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Tullahoma, TN 28 December 1923 Son of James Warren and Lucille [Elliott] Cross.

Enlisted

Memphis, TN 7 October 1942 Memphis, Tennessee

Buried

Altenau, Harz, Germany 8 October 1942 Interred Altenau, Germany

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Raydon 20 August 1944 - 27 November 1944 Assigned to 352FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Promotion

Raydon UK 17 November 1944 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Madgeburg, Germany 27 November 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission, crashed near Altenau in P-51D 'Stasia' 44-15388 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10471
Shelby County, TN

Buried

Memorial Park Cemetery Memphis, Shelby County, TN Re-Interred Memorial Park Cemetery Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee

Other

Flight Training

Stamford AAF, TX Primary Flight - Stamford, Texas

Other

Flight Training

Greenville AAF, TX Basic Flight - Greenville, Texas

Other

Flight Training

Eagle Pass AAF, TX Advanced Flight - Eagle Pass, Texas

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from the personal collection of 1st Lt. Billy Joe Murray

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10471 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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