James A Mullinax
Military
bottom row 2nd from Right Pilot Pete Mullinax
Bottom Row 2nd from Left BOMBARDIER
JAY COBERLY
date correction of the date the crew was shot down while flying the replacement craft "Spare Parts"
Object Number - UPL 37454 - Bucket Of Bolts Crew Pre October 1943 Black Thursday Raid bottom row 2nd from Right Pilot Pete Mullinax Bottom Row 2nd from Left BOMBARDIER JAY...
8 x combat missions. Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 42-30149 'Spare Parts'. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 790.
Awards: AM(2OLC), PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Authored 'Foes by Fate...Friends by Choice'
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14124070
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19138251
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33215873
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14125281
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20342192 / O-741474
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
Missions
![Three B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 94th Bomb Group are attacked by a Nazi Fighter aircraft during a mission. Printed caption on reverse of print: 'A-62641 USAF: Nazi fighter plane attacking Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses" during a bomb run over enemy installations somewhere in Europe, 10 September 1944. 100th[sic] Bomb Group, 3rd Bomb Division. U.S. Air Force Photo.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408505.jpg.webp?itok=zJwHCUjh)
- Date: 14 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Gaffney, South Carolina | 18 May 1916 | |
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Other Shot down / baled out |
Schweinfurt, Germany | 14 October 1943 | Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 42-30149 'Spare Parts'. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 790. |
|
Other WIA / hospitalised |
Würzburg, Germany | 14 October 1943 - 28 October 1943 | Wounded by flak in left arm, side and leg. Hospitalised for 2 weeks. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 28 October 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
|
Based |
Bury St Edmunds | 14 October 1943 | Assigned to 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Called to duty |
United States | Called to duty 168th field artillery unit February, 1941. | |
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Other Transferred to USAAF |
United States | Transferred from US Army to USAAF. | |
|
Enlisted |
South Carolina, USA |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 790 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self, MACR 790