James Hugh Thompson Jr

Military
media-31434.jpeg UPL 31434 Dunnam, bottom row, 2nd from the left.

from Ariel M. Dunnam

Object Number - UPL 31434 - Dunnam, bottom row, 2nd from the left.

Arrived Europe, 1944, flew 2 missions with 492nd until disbanded, transferred to 467th BG. Flew 5 missions with Crew 15 Blackwell Dunnama crew, grounded due to illness/ulcers. listed as Duty Soldier III. Returned home on, but not part of, Lt. Ted Wheeler's crew in May 1945



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Transferred 467th BG

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 467th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Go Getter | Fate's Fortune
  • Unit: 467th Bomb Group 789th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Bold Venture III
  • Unit: 467th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 788th Bomb Squadron 859th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Umbriago
  • Unit: 467th Bomb Group 788th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Monster! ; Irishman's Shanty
  • Unit: 467th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 788th Bomb Squadron 859th Bomb Squadron

Missions

French civillians inspect a crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-32086) nicknamed "You Never Know" of the 457th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '10/9/44 France.'
  • Date: 10 September 1944
  • Date: 26 August 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lamont, Missouri 2 September 1916

Died

22 March 1995

Buried

Greenlawn Cemetery Franklin, Indiana

Revisions

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Group photo Dunnam Crew

Date
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster supplied by Dave Arnett / grandson

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