James Jarvis Preble
Military
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Object Number - UPL 13437 - 43-38823 JD-H, 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group. On the 26 February 1945 mission to Berlin, the crew was reported missing on MACR 12760. Their...
Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 545th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #190 dated 26 September 1944, George Holmes Crew, 35 combat missions.
RTD crashed near Kustrin on 26 Feb 45 in B-17 #43-38823
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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: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-770549
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot, Co-pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35871344
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36856511
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37519899
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 26 February 1945
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
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Other Hard Landing |
12 October 1944 | A hard landing caused starboard main landing gear to collapse, resulting in damage to that side of the aircraft. There were no crew injuries. 43-37717 | |
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Other RTD |
26 February 1945 | On the 26 February 1945 mission to Berlin, the crew was reported missing on MACR 12760. Their aircraft had a run-away prop and lost oxygen at 32,000 ft, possibly due to flak. They made a wheels-up forced landing in Rawa Ruska, Poland. The crew were met by Russians (allies at that time) and taken to Lvov, Poland for two weeks until "rescued" by a U.S. Salvage crew in a stripped-down B-17, who flew them to Poltve [Poltava?], Russia. ATC returned them to Grafton Underwood via Tehran, Iran, Athens, Greece, Cairo, Eqypt, Tunisia, Naples, Italy and Brighton, England. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12760 / MACR 12760, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=p... / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=6383
AAIR 44-10-10-521 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
