James A Goins
Military
Object Number - UPL 26057 - Sgt. James A. Goins 754th/458th Mighty 8th Army Air Force Norwich, Eng. Horsham St. Faith
Experiences = BOMB TOTIN' MAMA (Lt. Raiter Crew - 56) Shot down Easter Sunday, April 9 1944, Tutow Run. Prisoner of War (POW) in Luftstalag III, transferred to Luftstalag 17b. Black March Survivor. Liberated May 1945 by Patton's 3rd Army outside Braunau, Austria.
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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Bomb Totin Mama
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 9 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Memorial
- Known as: Horsham St Faith
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Frankfort, Kentucky | ||
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Buried |
Frankfort, Kentucky | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Wasserhofstraße, 3500 Krems an der Donau, Austria | 9 April 1944 |
Revisions
Raymond C Casey
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3836 / MACR 3836 & Page 276 of the book LIBERATORS OVER EUROPE by Mackay, Bailey & Scorza, D790G458 & 458bg.com including crew picture in Raiter crew in 754th BS / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
