James E McDonald

Military
media-27903.jpeg UPL 27903 Tsgt. James MacDonald 351st BG 509BS Lt. Robert K. Potter

Connected up media record to airman record for James McDonald/MacDonald

Object Number - UPL 27903 - Tsgt. James MacDonald 351st BG 509BS

James McDonald served as a flight engineer/top turret gunner with the 509th Bomb Squadron of the 351st Bomb Group, flying missions out of Polebrook. He completed 34 missions and received the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Transit Belle
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Torchy Tess
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron 511th Bomb Squadron

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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

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351st.org

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351st.org, NARA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.351st.org/ken.harbour/

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