James Charles Spross
Military
NARA, KU Reports https://catalog.archives.gov/id/142681621
Object Number - UPL 45011 - Identification Tag, James C. Spross
Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 6 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Bremen in B-17 42-31233 20-Dec-43; A/C hit by Me110 launched rockets. Crashed near Bremen, Prisoner of War(POW). MACR 1707.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32147184 / O-797564
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 December 1943
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | 21 August 1921 | Son of Nickolas and Margaret Spross. |
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Enlisted |
Philadelphia, PA | 25 September 1942 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Other Baled out POW |
Bremen, Germany | 20 December 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Bremen in B-17 42-31233 20-Dec-43; A/C hit by Me110 launched rockets. Crashed near Bremen. POW MACR 1707 |
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Other Prisoner of War(POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 20 December 1943 | Prisoner of War(POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Died |
Philadelphia, PA | 1 March 1990 | |
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Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Molesworth | 20 December 1943 | Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/18198866-james-c-spross
https://www.fold3.com/record/618512874-james-spross-1921
http://www.303rdbg.com/pow.html
https://testvalor.militarytimes.com/hero/371580
Removed # from A/C serial to aid clarity and consistency
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1707 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
