James B Inskeep

Military

Mr. Innskeep was from Chicago, IL. He moved to Bakersfield CA in '59 as a High School Teacher. Later became Professor at Bakersfield College taught Political Science & History



Purple Heart / Air Medal

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

43-38149

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Winged Virgin
  • Unit: 834th Bomb Squadron 487th Bomb Group 486th Bomb Group

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

1 December 1996

Born

Chicago, Illinois

Buried

Bakersfield, California

Revisions

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Removed awards added by mistake.

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Removed awards added by mistake.

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Removed awards added by mistake.

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Added an association to the A/C #43-38149 listed on the 486th BG website.

https://www.486th.org/BS834/Gay.htm

Added the Awards listed in the "Summary biography".

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Dane G Sundberg / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia