James W Conley

Military

On return from mission to Ludwigshaven on 7 Jan 1944, B-17G #42-39838 crashed near Wilby, Suffolk, England. Only two engines were operating at time of crash. RTD. Shot down by fighters near Haselunne on a mission to Klein Machnow, Belin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-97495. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Worry Wart : The Devil's Daughter
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Spook Six
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3400) nicknamed "The Gremlin's Sweetheart" of the The 334th Bomb Squadron, 95th Bomb Group.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Gremlin's Sweetheart
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Wee Bonnie II
  • Unit: 1st Strategic Air Depot 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

St. Paul, MN 21 December 1919

Enlisted

Minneapolis, MN 30 March 1942

Other

Crash Landed

Wilby, UK 7 January 1944 42-39838

Other

POW

Barth, Germany 15 March 1944 Stalag Luft I (dates are approximate)

Died

Dallas, TX 23 May 1971

Buried

Wichita, KS 27 May 1971 Maple Grove Cemetery Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA Plot Section B, Lot 13, Grave 8

Other

Shot Down/Captured

near Hasselunne, Germany 6 March 1944 42-97495

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2986 / MACR 2986, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database