James V Roberts
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor
Object Number - UPL 21991 - James Roberts - Denver, 93rd BG, KIA
Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 41-24122 'Missouri Sue. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA).
AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Missouri Sue
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
English Channel | 16 April 1943 | |
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Born |
Denver, Iowa | ||
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Buried |
Brittany American Cemetery, Saint James, France (Wall of the Missing) |
Revisions
ABMC; MACR 15703, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 p 104. Ted's Traveling Circus by Cal Stewart pp 78, L94 and on p. 126 shows him at leisure reading a book / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15730 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
