James E Hartman

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-53404.jpeg UPL 53404

ancestry

Object Number - UPL 53404

Assigned to 728BS, 452BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 25-Nov-44 in B-17 42-97534 'Patches', Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11049



Awards: AM (5OLC), PH, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-771221
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

Personnel of the 96th Bomb Group look on as photographers photograph a B-17 Flying Fortress (MZ-A, serial number 42-97534). On reverse: Not To Be Published [Stamp].
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Patches
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, USA 11 January 1921

Other

Killed in Action

Germany 25 November 1944

Buried

Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Louisville, Jefferson County, KY Re-Interred Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky

Based

Deopham Green 25 November 1944 Assigned to 728BS, 452BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Corrected the plane model number to B-17 from B-13.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11049 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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