James William Sweaney
MilitaryCo-pilot, Sunde crew. 381st BG, 535th BS. Shot down 1 December 1943 in B-17 #42-31097 'Mission Belle'. Mission #46 to the chemical factory at Leverkusen, Germany. MACR 1661. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft 1.
Riverside, CA
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31196558
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39542283
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17001123 and T-61036
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14106899 and O-685892
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
California, United States | 2 January 1923 | |
Enlisted |
March Field, Riverside, California, United States | 7 April 1942 | as a Private in the Air Corps |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 1 December 1943 | interned at Stalag Luft 1, South Compound, Barth, Germany |
Died |
24 March 2011 | ||
Buried |
Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, California, United States |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1661 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database