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James Bruce King

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media-30501.jpeg UPL 30501 SSgt James Bruce King

Pamela King Statton

Object Number - UPL 30501 - SSgt James Bruce King

James Bruce King, born February 9, 1925 in Italy, TX, USA. He served in the 8th Air Force, 379th Bomb Group, 524th Bomb Squadron, flying B-17's stationed out of Kimbolton, England. He flew 36 missions from June 28 to November 2, 1944, and lived to tell the tale.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

The insignia of the 524th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group.

524th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Aerial photograph of Kimbolton airfield looking west, the bomb dump and technical site with a T2 hangar is on the left, 10 August 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/635. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Kimbolton

Site type: Airfield

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Date10 Nov 2017 20:15:16

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Date10 Nov 2017 20:08:01

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Date10 Nov 2017 19:57:49

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Date10 Nov 2017 19:23:37

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Date27 Sep 2014 18:14:09

ContributorAAM

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379th Bombardment Group Anthology pg. 130 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Object number: UPL 30501 - SSgt James Bruce King