James H Corbet
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 79FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Detached service with RAF unit on long range escort trials out of RAF Little Snoring. Failed to Return (FTR) night intruder mission to Ijmuiden 12-Apr-44 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 3750.
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 79th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Kingscliffe, Apethorpe
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Patterson Blvd, Fairfield, OH 45014, USA | 9 April 1942 | Patterson Field Fairfield, OH |
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Other Promotion |
King's Cliffe, Peterborough PE8, UK | 5 March 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Died |
IJmuiden, Netherlands | 12 April 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) night intruder mission to Ijmuiden 12-Apr-44 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 3750. |
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Buried |
1 November 1945 | Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial FOD date 1-Nov-45. | |
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Born |
Dayton, Ohio | ||
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Based |
Kings Cliffe | 12 April 1944 | Assigned to 79FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=42-67862&Submit6=Go
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https://www.fold3.com/record/529903189-james-h-corbet
https://www.fold3.com/record/84224646-james-h-corbet
http://www.20thfightergroup.com/kiakifa.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56288763/james-h-corbet
Combat Chronology, King's Cliffe Memorial Edition / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list