James W Laws

Military

Shot down by flak and crashed near Erneghem on 7/1/44 in B-24 #42-52758, Evaded (EVD).

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-52758

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Swingtime in the Rockies, Gin Mill Jill
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Durham, North Carolina

Other

Evaded (EVD)

France 1 July 1944

Revisions

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Capitalized all the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

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Added S/N per MACR 6771 at Fold3.com.
See: https://www.fold3.com/image/29101046

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Changed the label of a "Prisoner of War (POW)" event to "Evaded (EVD)".

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Removed redundant info from the Role field.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6771 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database