George T James served as a pilot with the 9th Air Force. He flew B-26 Marauders with the 391st Bomb Group.



He flew two missions from Matching, England in September 1944, before the group moved to France.

His last mission with the group was on 9 April 1945.

After a week's leave back in England, at Southport, he reported to his new group, the 323rd Bomb Group.

After the war ended, he was assigned to the 387th Bomb Group, 557th Bomb Squadron.

He was on leave in London when news broke that the war in the Pacific had come to an end.



After the war, James left the service but was recalled during the Korean War and this time he decided to stay in the Air Force after the war's end.



In 1952 and 1953, he was based at the Nevada Test Site to study the effects of nuclear weapons on parked aircraft. In 1958 he was stationed at Enewetak in the Marshall Islands on a project to study H-Bomb effects on a flying B-52.



He retired from the Air Force in 1974.



Col. James has written up a detailed account of his World War II, Korean War and Cold War experiences. You can read it here:

http://www.391stbombgroup.com/wwiiexp.htm



He has also put together a detailed list of all of the missions he flew:

http://www.391stbombgroup.com/fltrcd.htm