James Crawford Neill

Military
media-31927.jpeg UPL 31927 2nd Lt James C Neill crew (401st BG 615th BS) 13 missions (between 2 June and 7 July 1944) lost on Leipzig aboard 42-37981 "Belle of the Barbary Coast".

Rear L-R: Sgt Reynold T Fraker, 2Lt James C Neill, 2Lt Calvin J McDougall, 2Lt Albert H Roddy, 2Lt Elbert L Hammond.

Front L-R: T/Sgt George S Moore, T/Sgt Mervin L Roberts, Sgt Merel E Warner, S/Sgt George Schult, Sgt Harold J Nichol.

Object Number - UPL 31927 - 2nd Lt James C Neill crew (401st BG 615th BS) 13 missions (between 2 June and 7 July 1944) lost on Leipzig aboard 42-37981 "Belle of the Barbary...

Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Leipzig in B-17 'Belle of the Barbary Coast' 42-37981. Lost due to mech failure and shot down by Fw190 crashed near Burkhorst 7-Jul-44. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7222.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36477067
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18159971 / O-707548
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19149523
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Carroll County, MS, USA 19 December 1916 Son of Eugene Cothran and Eva [McEachern] Neill.

Enlisted

Mid Delta Aviation, Mid Delta Regional Airport, 278 Fifth Avenue, Greenville, MS 38703, United States 8 July 1942 Greenville AAF, Mississippi

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 7 July 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Other

Shot down

Dannefeld, 39649 Gardelegen, Germany 7 July 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Leipzig in B-17 'Belle of the Barbary Coast' 42-37981 Lost due to mech failure and shot down by Fw190 crashed near Burkhorst 7-Jul-44. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7222.

Died

Carroll County, MS, USA 1 January 1970

Buried

Evergreen Cemetery North Carrollton, Carroll County, MS 4 January 1970 Evergreen Cemetery North Carrollton, Carroll County, Mississippi

Based

Deenethorpe 7 July 1944 Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Discharged USAAF

Honourable discharge.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7222 / MACR 7222, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=332 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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