James H Hamilton

Military
media-7345.jpeg UPL 7345 B-26 Janets Dream

Crew photo

Object Number - UPL 7345 - B-26 Janets Dream

Prisoner of War (POW). 2-Sep-43 in B-26B 41-31629 'Janet's Dream' was on a mission to Lille/ Nord AF when the aircraft was hit by flak and exploded near French coast and crashed at Bergues, France. Hamilton and TG George Hodgson were blown clear to become Prisoner of War (POW)s. MACR 516.

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Units served with

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

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 559th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31134836
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 559th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13010670
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 559th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-794055
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator / Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 559th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-742377
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 559th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-793205
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Janets Dream
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 559th Bomb Squadron

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Prisoner of War (POW)

2 September 1943 - 24 May 1945 Held at Stalag 17B, Braunau-Gneikendorf (near Krems), Austria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 24-May-45.

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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.

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Lee Cunningham 29-May-2015. Added SN,decoration, Mission connection per Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 516; Added POW event and map location per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; Edited Summary biography adding crash location per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

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Crew photo

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Records from this site

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Crew photo

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Service records

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Janets Dream crew photo

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From site

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p.262

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