James G Curl
Military
JCook Photo Collection & Archives
Object Number - UPL 32183 - Major Jim Curl 57th FG
CO 66th FS 57th FG and 2nd FS 52nd FG
Awarded British DSO by Air Marshal Sir William Sholto Douglas
KIA March 18, 1945 MACR 13066
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
![Ground personnel of the 51st Fighter Group, 10th Air Force work on a P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-29264). Handwritten caption on reverse: '51 FG, 316 FS, [illegible].'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-457064.jpg.webp?itok=K4c3SuWM)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
Events
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Enlisted |
27 November 1940 | Camp Shelby | |
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Other Three Aerial Victories |
18 April 1943 | 2x Ju621x Bf109Palm Sunday Massacre | |
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Other Commander - 66th Fighter Squadron |
15 May 1943 - 18 August 1943 | ||
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Other Commander - 2nd Fighter Squadron |
4 December 1944 - 18 March 1945 | ||
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Died |
18 March 1945 | Shot Down by heavy flak while straffing a German aerodrome | |
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Buried |
Plot D Row 2 Grave 21Lorraine American Cemetery |
Revisions
James G Curl’s rank is Lt Col. I have in my possession the order promoting him from Major to Lt Col by executive order.
I am LT Col Curl’s closest living relative and try to keep him history up to date.
https://www.abmc.gov/node/536915#.WFHGVGcm4dk
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=curl&GSfn=James&G…;
http://57thfightergroup.org/pictures/gurl/7.html
http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=1920103
"57th Fighter Group" - Carl Molesworth (cover and cover description) also page 120
"Spitfires and Yellow Tail Mustangs" - Tom Ivie & Paul Ludwig - pages 160 & Appendix 2
