James Roland Honaker Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) near Wolfsburg in B-17 'Beatty's 8-Balls' #43-39128
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: “Beatty's 8-Balls”
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Princeton, West Virginia, USA | 28 October 1923 | |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 22 February 1945 | |
Buried |
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Adde birth info and a Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 56358810.
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Added the words "Possible DUPLICATE" in the nickname field so an admin can check out this person.
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Added a connection to A/C #43-39128 listed in the "Summary biography".
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12650, Mention in Hell from Heaven: Memoirs of a WW II B-17 Bombardier by Streitfeld pp121-125.