James Junior Huffman

Military

Object Number - UPL 37852 - SSGT James Junior "Jim" Huffman Right waist Gunner

Prisoner of War (POW). Crashed near Merseburg on 11/21/44 in B-17 42-97600.

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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

42-97600

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars 613th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Morrison, Oklahoma 3 June 1921

Enlisted

Portland, Oregon 8 October 1943

Other

Prisoner of war

21 November 1944

Died

Klamath Falls, OR 5 July 1979

Buried

Bonanza, Oregon 5 November 1979 Buried in Bonanza Memorial Park He has a Military Bronze Flat Marker

Revisions

Date31 Mar 2019 03:53:10
Contributorcrfordy
Sources

I have obtained these facts from information from Family Tree

Date31 Mar 2019 03:36:53
Contributorcrfordy
Sources

Taken from Military Files

Date27 Sep 2014 18:14:35
ContributorAAM
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10410, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2691

James Junior Huffman: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 37852 - SSGT James Junior "Jim" Huffman Right waist Gunner

Object number: UPL 37853 - Crew of various B 17 Fortresses that flew 13...