James Andrew Bouvier
Military
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5134 - The insignia of the 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 545th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #38 dated 26 February 1944, Gerard A. Heim Crew.
14 Combat missions
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-17 #42-102448 JD-P, MEXICAN HAY RIDE. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 4242
POW
Connections
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mexican Hay Ride
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 29 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Starksboro, VT, USA | 21 August 1918 | Addison County |
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Died |
Bristol, VT 05443, USA | 14 June 1991 | Burial: Mount Saint Joseph Cemetery Bristol Addison County Vermont, USA |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 29 April 1944 | POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4242 / MACR 4242, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
