James D Kennedy Jr
Military
Front Row L-R
Lt. John B. Moats (Pilot)
Lt. Gerald Duffy (Co-Pilot)
Lt. Jim Pope (Navigator)
Lt. Joe Flisnick (Bombardier)
Cpl. Dick Lehman (Engineer)
Back Row L-R
Cpl. Charles Herbison (Radio Operator/Gunner)
Cpl. Jim Kennedy (Armorer/Gunner)
Cpl. Bill Machulsky (Gunner)
Cpl. Nick Larlells (Gunner)
Cpl. Douglas Griffin (Gunner)
Charles R Herbison
Added (....) to positions to make more readable
Object Number - UPL 39906 - From personal notes by Charles Herbison: Front Row L-R Lt. John B. Moats (Pilot) Lt. Gerald Duffy (Co-Pilot) Lt. Jim Pope (Navigator) Lt. Joe...
Crashed at Merseburg on 11/8/44 in B-17 'Tag-a-Long' #42-31663, Prisoner of War (POW).
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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: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-711617
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37481660
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Tag-a-long
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
8 November 1944 | Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 | |
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Revisions
Added an Association to “Kimbolton”, the home base of the 379th BG.
Capitalized the words in the A/C "Nickname" field to aid readability.
Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10354; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 329
