James B Piatt

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-21934.jpeg UPL 21934 James B Piatt - Clinton, 491st BG, KIA Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor

Object Number - UPL 21934 - James B Piatt - Clinton, 491st BG, KIA

Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed near Britaigny in B-24 44-40129

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

"Movement of Unit Flight Echelon, 491st Bomb Gp (H), dd 14 Mar 44 & amendments thereto dd 18 Unr 44 & 22 Mar 44 & 2nd AF Memo 35-2, dd 11 Apr 44• This is a TEMPORARY change of station.

44-40129

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 855th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Versailles, France 25 June 1944

Born

Clinton, Iowa

Buried

Plot B Row 6 Grave 14

Enlisted

Iowa, USA Exact date not yet known

Revisions

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 6722

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

ABMC record: https://www.abmc.gov/node/534611#.Vlg5Hk1FCM8

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

491st BG Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6722 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 21934 - James B Piatt - Clinton, 491st BG, KIA