James S La Rock
MilitaryKilled in Action (KIA) on 4-Mar-43 in B-17F #41-5370, 91BG/324BS while serving as Navigator. The aircraft was shot down by fighters near Texel Island and crashed into the sea. His body was recovered from a sandbank called Koffieboonplaat between the islands of Ameland and Terschelling on 24-May-43. After the war his remains were reinterred in the Ardennes American Cemetery.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 4 March 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
California, USA | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Texel, Netherlands | 4 March 1943 | Killed when aircraft was shot down by fighters and crashed into the North Sea near Texel Island, Holland. |
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Buried |
Buried in the Ardennes American Cemetery, Plot B, Row 28, Grave 5. |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Lee Cunningham 25-Jun-2015. Corrected name spelling and added SN per MACR 16102. Added Decorations and burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Adde A/C model letter, unit association and loss details to Summary Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE. Also MACR 16102.
Death and Burial details update from:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=larock&GSfn=james…;
and
http://www.airmen.dk
MACR 16102 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database