James E Mayfield
MilitaryDamaged by flak and later attacked by ME109s on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31471 'Doolittle's Destroyers' crashed NW of Magdeburg after the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Doolittle's Destroyers
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Prisoner of war |
8 March 1944 | ||
Born |
Elrod, Alabama |
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Added a connection to A/C #42-31471 listed in the "Summary biography".
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2908, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces