James Pamplin Berry
MilitaryAssigned 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- 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
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Miss Fortune
- Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Corrected by Roy Bozych Historian 323rd BG email address [email protected]
ContributorAl_Skiff
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ContributorAAM
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Sources
Combat Chronology, Losses of 8th Air Force / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia