James Hamilton Gilson

Military

Assigned to 778BS, 464BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Lugo, Italy in B-24 44-49710; A/C suffered direct flak hit on a 'milk run'. Starboard wing collapsing between engines; crashed Lugo, Italy 10-Apr-45, Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 13711.



Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (3OLC), EAME (2 battle stars), PH.

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A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-49710) nicknamed "Stevonovitch II (Black Nan)" of the 464th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force explodes and rolls over in midair as a result of a direct flak hit, during a mission over Lugo, Italy, 10 April 1945.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 464th Bomb Group 778th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33732962
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist gunner
Capt Charles Henry Foote, 464BG.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 464th Bomb Group 778th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18075237 / O-672588
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 464th Bomb Group 778th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38494589
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 464th Bomb Group 778th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-410212
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 464th Bomb Group 778th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13064667 / O-2060892
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-49710) nicknamed "Stevonovitch II (Black Nan)" of the 464th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force explodes and rolls over in midair as a result of a direct flak hit, during a mission over Lugo, Italy, 10 April 1945.
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Stevonovitch II
  • Unit: 464th Bomb Group 778th Bomb Squadron

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Chicago, Cook County, IL 21 January 1917

Died

10 April 1945

Buried

Florence American Cemetery and Memorial Re-Interred Florence American Cemetery and Memorial Florence, Italy Plot: A Row: 3 Grave: 13

Enlisted

New York City, NY New York City, New York

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