James D Radcliff

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-27871.jpeg UPL 27871 Crew of the 339th Bomb Squadron of the 96th Bomb Group, 2 January 1944.
Standing, left to right: Ken Wehrhan, Ken Kroggel, Jack Barrett, Robert Drumhiller, James Radcliff and Thomas Michan.
Kneeling, left to right: Ed Davidson, John Johnston, Clarence Trubey and Maurice Lynch. Ed Davidson Collection

Shared with the museum by B-17 pilot Ed Davidson.

Object Number - UPL 27871 - Crew of the 339th Bomb Squadron of the 96th Bomb Group, 2 January 1944. Standing, left to right: Ken Wehrhan, Ken Kroggel, Jack Barrett, Robert...

James Radcliff served as a tail gunner with the 339th Bomb Squadron of the 96th Bomb Group, flying missions out of Snetterton Heath, England. He was shot down on 5 January 1944 in B-17 #42-3541 'Little Girls'. The aircraft ditched in the Bay of Biscay. Radcliff was Killed in Action. His name is commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-3541

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Girls
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron

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Document 27874

  • Media Type: Document
  • Collection Name: Ed Davidson Collection
  • Object Number: Document 27874
  • Description: 'Last Mission [05 Jan 1944] My Seventh & Last Mission in WW2' by Ed Davidson. An account of his experiences as pilot on that mission, written up in...

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Bay of Biscay 5 January 1944

Born

Tiega, West Virginia, USA

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorLucy May
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https://abmc.gov/node/542274#.WRQiTE2GOM8

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2011 / MACR 2011, 8th AF Losses; Snetterton Heath pg 90 and 97 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 27871 - Crew of the 339th Bomb Squadron of the 96th Bomb...

Object number: UPL 27873 - Crew of the 339th Bomb Squadron of the 96th Bomb...