Jimmie Ray Heathman

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 849BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. Art Stern crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Ruhland 17-Mar-45 in B-17 43-38046; Mid-air collision, crashed Kamberg, Germany Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 13080



According to US war crimes case 12-2000, charge 9, Heathman was a murder victim. He was killed while prisoner of war by SS Pvt Heinrich Matthias Michely, upon orders of a superior. Michely, an instructor in the Wehrwolf school at Wallrabenstein, was sentenced to death but reprieved. His sentence was repeatedly shortened until he was paroled on 3 August 1954.



Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15170474 / O-828823
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Monroe, MO 21 September 1925 Son of Amos Ray and Anna Lillian Heathman.

Enlisted

Jefferson Barracks, MO 10 December 1943 Jefferson Barracks, Missouri

Died

Wallrabenstein, Germany 18 March 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) Ruhland 17-Mar-45 in B-17 43-38046; Mid-air collision, crashed Kamberg, Germany KIA MACR 13080

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Eye 18 March 1945 Assigned to 849BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Magratten, Netherlands Plot J Row 17 Grave 11
Shelbina, MO

Buried

Walnut Grove Cemetery Paris, MO Memorialised Walnut Grove Cemetery Paris, Monroe County, MO

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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Brought in information from duplicate record. Sources:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13080

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ABMC web site

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"Review and Recommendations" paper in US 12-2000. Yavnai, Military Justice (Ph D dissertation, 2007)

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MACR 13080

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MACR 13080 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database