James A Merriman

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Attacked by fighters and set on fire on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-24H #41-29292 spun down and crashed SE of Fuhrberg-Hanover, GR. The plane caught fire, went into a flat spin, crashed and burned. No parachutes were seen to op

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Units served with

A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.

446th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-29292

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

8 March 1944

Born

Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Buried

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St Louis, Missouri

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 8 March 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2964 / MACR 2964, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces; The History of the 446th Bomb Group, pg 69 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database