James E O'Connor

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-21918.jpeg UPL 21918 James E O’Connor - Conrad, KIA Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor

Object Number - UPL 21918 - James E O’Connor - Conrad, KIA

Shot down by coastal guns on a mission to Poix, FR on 13 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-39980 and crashed just off the French coast. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-39980

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

France 13 March 1944

Born

Conrad, IA 50621, USA

Buried

Memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3240

Date
ContributorA. van Erp
Changes
Sources

http://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/american-war-cemetery-a…

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Sources

Additional biographical details from http://www.findagrave.com

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 3240 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 21918 - James E O’Connor - Conrad, KIA