James J McCarthy

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media-29401.jpeg UPL 29401 S/Sgt. James J. McCarthy, Tail Gunner, 613Sq. Lt. Nelson B-17 Crew, Deenethorpe UK, from Mishawaka, IN (near South Bend). Win Bryson collection

Photo copy from Family (pre-401st photo)

Object Number - UPL 29401 - S/Sgt. James J. McCarthy, Tail Gunner, 613Sq. Lt. Nelson B-17 Crew, Deenethorpe UK, from Mishawaka, IN (near South Bend).

Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by Flak over the target Politz in B-17 'IN-C' #42-31081 'Son of a Blitz'.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31081

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Son of a Blitz
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cleveland, OH, USA 22 December 1918

Other

Killed in Action

Police, Poland 7 October 1944

Buried

5 June 1950 ABMC Cemetery, Neuville-en-Condrez, Belgium

Revisions

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ContributorWin Bryson
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Sources

Pre-401st Bomb Group photo, this copy from the McCarthy Family.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9757,

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