James Allan Vranna
Military384thbombgroup.com
Plane crashed 4 August 1944 over base in England on a training mission.
Vranna was the only survivor.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36595144
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Boomerang
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Kelso, WA, USA | 4 April 1921 | |
Died |
Bismarck, ND, USA | 22 July 2012 | |
Buried |
Mandan, ND, USA |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entries to include detials from:
http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=4113;
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=v...;
AAIR 44-08-03-517 ;
Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database.
Additional detail from http://www.findagrave.com
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Relative, H. James Hood