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James F Cross

Military

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.

Service

Units served with

8th Air Force

Command
353rd Fighter Group

Group
The 353rd Fighter Group was assigned to the Eighth Air Force on 7 June 1943. The group flew P-47 Thunderbolts, and from October 1944, P-51 Mustangs, as escorts for bombing missions across occupied Europe and to strafe targets on the ground. Tactical...
352nd Fighter Squadron

Squadron

Aircraft

44-15388

P-51 Mustang

Associated Place

Raydon

Military site : airfield
Although never used as such, Raydon was built during 1942-43 as an Eighth Air Force bomber base, with three concrete runways, 50 loop and one pan hardstandings, and two dispersed T2 hangars. Initially on loan to the Ninth Air Force, it was first...

Events

Event	Location	Date
Lived in	Shelby County, TN	1941
Based	Raydon	20 August 1944 – 27 November 1944
Assigned to 352FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF.
Promotion	Raydon UK	17 November 1944
Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.
Died	Madgeburg, Germany	27 November 1944 – 27 November 1944
Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission, crashed near Altenau in P-51D 'Stasia' 44-15388 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10471

Revisions

Date	Contributor	Update
11 October 2018 10:53:38	Al_Skiff	Changes to biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations
Sources
https://www.fold3.com/image/29249839
Date	Contributor	Update
27 September 2014 18:14:20	AAM	AAM ingest
Sources
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