James Salay Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURRammed by an ME410 and crashed SW of Berlin on a mission to Erkner-Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31627. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Connington
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
6 March 1944 | ||
Born |
Wausau, Wisconsin | ||
Buried |
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St Louis, Missouri |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Flak Dodger by Roland Byers; MACR 3198, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces