James L Mitchell

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-21838.jpeg UPL 21838 James L Mitchell - Crawfordsville, 306th BG, KIA Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor

Object Number - UPL 21838 - James L Mitchell - Crawfordsville, 306th BG, KIA

Assigned 367BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. B-17F 42-30767 crashed shortly after take off in poor visibility. Killed in Action (KIA).



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-742984
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Crawfordsville, Iowa 6 February 1921

Other

Killed in action

Sharnbrook, UK 5 January 1944 B-17F 42-30767 crashed shortly after take off in poor visibility. Killed in Action (KIA).

Buried

6 January 1944 Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Plot B, Row1,Grave 7
Washington County, IA

Buried

Memorialised Crawfordsville Cemetery Crawfordsville, Washington County, IA

Revisions

Date
ContributorColin Mitchell
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Cambridge American Cemetery

Date
ContributorColin Mitchell
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American War Graves records

Date
ContributorAAM
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Combat Chronology Supplement p.206, 8th AF Losses / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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