Jim T McCloy

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 8 November 1942 in B-17 #41-24472 while serving as Radio Operator. He was captured by Germans and taken to the Army hospital in Lille where he died later in the day. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

41-24472

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

8 November 1942 Died in a German field hospital at Lille, France.

Buried

Buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery, Plot C, Row 1, Grave 31

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - “later” was misspelled.

 

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Lee Cunningham 22-Nov-2014. Added Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record.

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Lee Cunningham 29-Oct-2014. American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 44 , MACR 16133