James Pamplin Berry

Military

Assigned 453BS, 323BG, 8AF USAAF. B-26 41-34706 'Miss Fortune' coded VT-H shot down by flak and crashed near Vraignes. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 213

Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Private First Class Barbara O'Brien of the Womens Army Corps, paints the nose of a B-26 Marauder (YU-Y. serial number 41-34982) nicknamed "Jolly Roger" of the 323rd Bomb Group. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publcation 4 Dec 1943.' [stamp] and '295589.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'W.A.C.S. on duty at a Bomber Station. Associated Press Photo shows:- Pfc: Barbara O'Brien painting the Jolly Roger on the nose of a Marauder with the crew looking on.'

323rd Bomb Group

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

People

John Pettus Lipscomb

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15069087 / O-438451
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-34706

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Miss Fortune
  • Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Franklin, NJ 21 April 1918 Son of William Berry.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 31 July 1943 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.

Died

16 June 1977

Buried

Fishkill Rural Cemetery Fishkill, Dutchess County, NY 19 June 1977 Fishkill Rural Cemetery Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York

Based

Earls Colne 31 July 1943 Assigned 453BS, 323BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date21 Apr 2022 13:34:00
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to biography and events
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/675688792
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156037509/james-p-berry

Date20 Apr 2022 21:50:57
Contributor323rdBGHistorian
ChangesChanges to biography
Sources

Corrected by Roy Bozych Historian 323rd BG email address [email protected]

Date11 Apr 2022 18:39:48
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to middlename, service number, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/675688792
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156037509/james-p-berry

Date27 Sep 2014 18:14:48
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Combat Chronology, Losses of 8th Air Force / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia