James B Lear
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA). Shot down 1 May 1943 in B-17 #42-5422. Plane crashed into Brest Harbor on a mission to the uboat yards at St. Nazaire, France.
Flew on Edwin Pipp crew.
Purple Heart
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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
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
1 May 1943 | ||
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Born |
Terrebone Parish, Louisiana | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
English Channel | 1 May 1943 | |
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Buried/ Commemorated |
Memorialized at Cambridge American Cemetery |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15619 / MACR 15619, Losses of the 8th and 9th AF Vol. I p 113 by Bishop and Hey, ABMC / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database