James Charles Rutledge
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x combat missions. Shot down 11-Sep-44 in B-17 42-31091 'Maggie'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8920
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.
Connections
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-440624
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Maggie
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Pine Bluffs, WY | 11 February 1915 | Son of Fred Daniel and Eliza Ellen [Cook] Rutledge. |
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Enlisted |
San Francisco, CA | 30 November 1942 | San Francisco, California |
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Died |
Pegau, Germany | 11 September 1944 | Shot down 11-Sep-44 in B-17 42-31091 'Maggie'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8920 |
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Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Deenethorpe | 11 September 1944 | Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot C Row 4 Grave 25 | |
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Other Gunnery/Flight training |
Alexandria AAF, Alexandria, LA | Trained at Alexandria AAF, Alexandria, Louisiana |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/image/311039295
https://www.fold3.com/record/90711622/james-c-rutledge-wwii-army-enlist…
https://www.fold3.com/record/529878541/james-c-rutledge-american-battle…
https://www.fold3.com/record/706595770/rutledge-james-c-us-wwii-hospita…
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=3147
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56303427/james-c-rutledge
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8920 / MACR 8920, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=3147 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database