James F Holdren
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down by fighters near Genech France on mission coming back Frankfurt on 29 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-30711 'Fertile Turtle Myrtle'. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fertile Turtle Myrtle
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
29 January 1944 | Charles Anderson one of the survivors reported: Sgt, Galloway thought he saw him slumped over in his seat just before we bailed out. I believe he was killed by first fighter attack because plane went out of control and headed into a flat dive. The first attack was from 12:00 and demolished the nose of the plane. It is my supposition that Lt. Holdren died gallantly at the controls of the ship. | |
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Born |
Hutchinson, KS, USA | ||
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Buried |
Kansas | Fairlawn Park Hutchinson Kansas on Find a Grave. | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Genech, France | 29 January 1944 |
Revisions
Individual Casualty Questionnaire File No. 2253 www.fold3.com/#28602851 click forward and back about 23 pages. This is a report from Charles Anderson and Charles Galloway the only two survivors who became POWs. Also info from brochure on Monument at Geneche France by Jos LeClercq The crash of a flying fortress (Bomber B 17) Genech January 29, 1944
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2253 / MACR 2253, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database