James J Duffy

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Lt Neil Peters crew. 5 x combat missions. Ditched in B-24H 41-29331 'Blondie's Folly'; Mission to Friedrichshafen, 16-Mar-44; Forced to ditch in the Channel after fighters severely damaged A/C. Baled out mid channel. Killed in Action (KIA).

Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Neil A J Peters

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18057125 / O-747178
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-29288

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Big-Time Operator
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron

41-29331

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Blondie's Folly
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Cincinnati, OH 13 January 1943 Cincinnati, Ohio

Died

English Channel 16 March 1944 Ditched in B-24H 41-29331 'Blondie's Folly'; Mission to Friedrichshafen, 16-Mar-44; Forced to ditch in the Channel after fighters severely damaged A/C. Baled out mid channel. Killed in Action (KIA).

Born

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambs

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

English Channel 16 March 1944 Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date10 Oct 2019 20:48:20
ContributorAl_Skiff
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/89117021-james-j-duffy
https://www.fold3.com/record/529904965-james-j-duffy
https://www.fold3.com/image/310763019?rec=299343068
https://www.fold3.com/image/668099006?terms=35683062
https://www.458bg.com/crew69peters.htm
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56289348/james-j-duffy

Date27 Sep 2014 18:14:34
ContributorAAM
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3490 / MACR 3490, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces & Page 275 of the book LIBERATORS OVER EUROPE by Mackay, Bailey & Scorza, D790G458 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database