James Dreyfus Spear
Military
Object Number - UPL 69729 - F/O James D. Spear
Assigned to 654th 25BG, 8AF USAAF. Local training flight in Mosquito NS638 crashed at Debden, England 23-Dec-44. Died non Battle (DNB)
Awards: DFC (British), AM (2OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14173928 / O-772138
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Mosquito
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
7 June 1917 | Son of Maurice W Sr and Lillian [Newman] Spear. | |
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Enlisted |
15 November 1941 | Enlisted Royal Canadian Airforce Nov-41. | |
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Other Transferred |
29 June 1944 | Transferred to USAAF. | |
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Died Died (Non Battle) |
23 December 1944 | Local training flight in Mosquito NS638 crashed at Debden, England 23-Dec-44. Died non Battle (DNB) | |
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Buried |
1 January 1948 | Re-Interred West View Cemetery Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |
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Based |
23 December 1944 | Assigned to 654th 25BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Born |
NoK: Husband of Marjorie Stern Spear. |
Revisions
NS638 crashed at Dursley, Gloucestershire not Debden. Source is original. USAAF a crash report.
Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII" Schiffer Publications Ltd. 2011.
Combat Chronology; Aerial Intelligence for the 8th Air Force, pg 57 (photo), 178 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
