James Argentos

Military
Argentos, James 18108164 T/Sgt. 367th BS 306th BG Air Corps

Object Number - UPL 60018 - Argentos, James(right) 18108164 T/Sgt. 367th BS 306th BG Air Corps taken 12/43 upon completion of 25th mission.

Assigned to 367BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD

 

Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), American Campaign, EAME (2BS), WWII Victory

 

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-29554

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Maryland, My Maryland | Billie
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers 367th Bomb Squadron

42-29815

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miami Clipper
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars 322nd Bomb Squadron

42-29894

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Baltimore bounce
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
Ground crew of the 306th Bomb Group inspect the damaged tail of a B-17 Flying Fortress. Passed for publication 15 Jul 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '17/7/43.' Printed caption on reverse: 'Fortress Comes Home With Tail Almost Severed. After a recent raid on enemy territory, a Flying Fortress bomber managed to limp home with its tail almost severed. Photo Shows:- Inspecting the damaged Fortress bomber on its home airfield after its return.' On reverse: Planet News Ltd, US Army Press Censor ETO and U

42-29959

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers 423rd Bomb Squadron

42-29985

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Kathleen, barrel house bessie
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers 367th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

4 August 1918

Died

30 November 1996 Died Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

Buried

5 December 1996 Interred Rose Hill Memorial Park Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

Revisions

Date1 Dec 2022 17:11:27
ContributorAl_Skiff
Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41647011/james-argentos

Date27 Nov 2022 20:21:53
Contributormholden1123
Sources

Edit rank

Date24 Nov 2022 16:41:13
Contributormholden1123
Sources

James Argentos was my grandfather and the 306 Bombing group archive mission reports are my source. 

Date24 Nov 2022 15:10:30
Contributormholden1123
Sources

James Argentos was my grandfather. Information is from 306th BG archive mission reports. 

Date24 Nov 2022 14:59:32
Contributormholden1123
Sources

James Argentos was my grandfather, the information added comes from mission reports obtained from 306 bombing group archives. 

Date27 Sep 2014 18:13:58
ContributorAAM
Sources

306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Argentos, James 18108164 T/Sgt. 367th BS 306th BG Air Corps

Object number: UPL 60018 - Argentos, James(right) 18108164 T/Sgt. 367th BS...