James F Loll
MilitaryOn 23-Jan-43 on B-17F #41-24579 'Thumper" while serving as a Photographer the aircraft sustained damage over the target at Lorient, France, but the pilot managed to fly it back to England and made a wheels-up landing Lulsgate Bottom, Bristol. He was not injured and returned to duty. He is carried on the 303BG roll as assigned to 427th Bomb Squadron.
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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 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-435855
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Thumper
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 23 January 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Returned to Duty (RTD) |
Bristol, City of Bristol, UK | 23 January 1943 | Was aboard B-17F 41-24579 as a photographer and baled out over Bristol from the battle damaged aircraft returning from a mission to Lorient, France. He was not injured. |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Lee Cunningham 13-Feb-2015. Added SN, Role and SQDN assignment from 303rd Bomb Group website, historian Gray Moncur; Added RTD event and edited Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://303rdbg.com/rost-kl.html#K