James Francis Hurley

Military

Assigned to 91TCS, 439TCG, 9AF USAAF. 7 x combat missions spanning the invasions of Normandy, southern France and Arnhem, Holland. Failed to Return (FTR) glider tow to Belgium after releasing the glider hit in port engine by flak, left formation with fire streaming from engine and crashed 6 miles W/SW Bastogne. Crew baled out. 27-Dec-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 10906.



Awards: AM (3 OLC), PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME (5 Battle Stars), Korean and UN Medal.



Post war: Called back to serve during Korean conflict rising to Captain. Co-founder of James F Hurley Insurance Agency Corporation.





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Units served with

Aircraft

42-100644

  • Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
  • Unit: 439th Troop Carrier Group 91st Troop Carrier Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Aerial photograph of Upottery airfield looking west, the main runway runs vertically, barrack sites are to the bottom right of the airfield, 15 March 1944. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/CT/91/541. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Upottery

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Smeatharpe

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Somerville, NJ 08876, USA 10 November 1922 Son of Frank and Catherine Ledwith Hurley.

Enlisted

Newark, New Jersey, USA 8 June 1942

Other

Shot down/baled out

Sibret, 6640 Vaux-sur-Sûre, Belgium 27 December 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) glider tow to Belgium after releasing the glider hit in port engine by flak, left formation with fire streaming from engine and crashed 6 miles W/SW Bastogne. Crew baled out. 27-Dec-44. POW. MACR 10906.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 27 December 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

Far Hills, NJ 07931, USA 7 January 2012
New Jersey, USA

Based

Upottery 27 December 1944 Assigned to 91TCS, 439TCG, 9AF USAAF.

Buried

Basking Ridge, Bernards, NJ 07920, USA Holy Cross Cemetery Basking Ridge Somerset County New Jersey, USA

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