James E Kipple

Military

Interned in Turkey. Shot down on 8/1/43 while on TDY to 9thAF for Ploesti raid in B-24 'Horse Fly' 42-40267.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The 'semiofficial' insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

67th Bomb Squadron

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

Aircraft

42-40267

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Horse Fly
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron

42-7476

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Nice 'n Naughty
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Philadelphia, PA 17 December 1941 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Other

Interned in Turkey

1 August 1943

Born

Mount Joy, Pennsylvania

Died

Buried

Mount Joy Cemetery Mount Joy, Lancaster County, PA Mount Joy Cemetery Mount Joy, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/83757681/world-war-ii-army-enlistment-reco…
http://www.greenharbor.com/ROHPDF/ROHAU43.pdf
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190595395/james-e.-kipple

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Sources

Ploesti Sortie Reports, 44th Bomb Group

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Removed information relating to 42-40267 'Horse Fly'. No crew list linking airman to aircraft.

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

AAM Database.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8250, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 219