James Johnston Lux
MilitaryPrisoner of War (POW). On a mission November 5, 1943 to Gelsenkirchen on B-17 #42-30088 'Squawkin' Hawk II', pilot William R. Flesh ordered a bail out after plane suffered severe bomb damage. 8 men jumped, but pilot Flesh and Co-Pilot John G. Gossage were able to regain control and landed at the RAF base at Tangmere, Kent. Bombardier James Lux was one of the four men made prisoner. Radio Operator Conner Brewster was killed when his parachute didn't open. Three other crew members managed to evade with the help of the Belgian Comète evasion network. MACR 15553.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11063596 at enlistment, then O-798486
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32287971
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20902175
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37259551
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
2 December 1919 | New York State | |
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Enlisted |
16 March 1942 | Utica, New York | |
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Other captured |
5 November 1943 | in the vicinity of Peer, Limburg Province, Belgium, after bailing out of B-17 42-30088 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
5 November 1943 | Interned at Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan, Poland. Force-marched from there to Stalag 7A, Moosburg, Germany. Liberated there by US troops 29 April 1945. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to Military Control 12 June 1945." | |
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Died |
12 March 2007 | ||
| Oneida County, New York | |||
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Buried |
James Lux rests at the Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent, King County, Washington |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
MACR 15553
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
VA Gravesite Locator
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey pp. 511-2