James T Hill

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) on 4-Mar-43 in B-17F 41-24549 'Stupen Takit', 91BG/323BS while serving as Co-Pilot. The aircraft sustained a direct hit from AA fire just after leaving the target of the railroad marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany. CPT McCarty ordered a bale out, but only two crewmen managed to parachute from the aircrft before it exploded. The aircraft crashed at Buldern, Germany.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Stupen Takit
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron

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Killed in Action (KIA)

Buldern, 48249 Dülmen, Germany 4 March 1943 Killed when aircraft took a direct hit from AA fire and exploded. His remains were never recovered.

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Purple Heart Certificate

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Lee Cunningham 25-Jun-2015. Corrected typo in Summary Biography

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Lee Cunningham 25-Jun-2015. Confirmed SN and correcte rank and added KIA event per MACR 15596. Made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data. Added A/C model letter, unit association, crew position, loss details and A/C crash location to Summary Biogrpahy based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces:, Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE. No remains ever recovered.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15596 / MACR 15596, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey, pp. 88, The Ragged Irregulars of Bassingbourne by Havelaar p. 245, ABMC web site . / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database