James E Heist
MilitaryLWG, Alexander crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 25 July 1943 in B-17 #42-30153 "Worry Wart". Mission 312 to the Focke-Wulf factory at Hamburg. MACR 131. Falk damaged, vibrating violently over the English Channel, turned 180 degrees back to Germany, crashed near Sudmoor, Emden, Germany. Prisoner of War at Stalag XVIIB.
Quakertown, PA
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32523483 (MACR)/ 32423483 (NARA)
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15112342
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34381472
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-790314
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
27 November 1922 | ||
Other Prisoner of War |
Wasserhofstraße, 3500 Krems an der Donau, Austria | 25 July 1943 | Stalag Luft XVIIB |
Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
25 July 1943 |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 131 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database