James Rembert DuBose Jr
MilitaryIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Was shot down Dec 7, 1941 and crash landed at Hickum Field. Hawaii on the golf course there. DFC
Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group Headquarters Detachment on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #70 dated 14 April 1944. Six combat missions.
Transferred out of the 384th Bomb Group to the 379th Bomb Group on 23 May 1944.
Deputy Commander, 379th Bomb Group from May 1944 to 30 August 1944.
Retired in May 1966 as a Colonel.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group Headquarters (384th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-19465
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer; pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Aiken, SC, USA | 11 February 1911 | |
Other Commissioned |
The Citadel, 171 Moultrie Street, Charleston, SC 29409, USA | 1 June 1932 | Received a Bachelor of Science Degree and was Commissioned (ROTC) at The citadel, 1 June 1932. |
Other Shot down and crash landed |
850 Ticonderoga St, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HI 96860, USA | 7 December 1941 | |
Died |
25 February 1996 | Burial: Westover Memorial Park Augusta Richmond County Georgia, USA |
Revisions
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=dubose&GSfn=james…;
Biographical Directory of 8th AF 1942-1945
Keith Ellefson, 23-June-2015. Added to Biography combining data in a duplicate record drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / son
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…