Jim Biggerstaff
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down by fighters on mission to Brunswick on 11 Jan 1944 in B-24H #41-28593. Killed in Action (KIA).
Purple Heart
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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-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Prodigal Son
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
11 January 1944 | ||
Born |
Clarendon, Texas, USA | ||
Buried |
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St Louis, Missouri | ||
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 11 January 1944 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2519 / MACR 2519, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database