James MacNaughton Lovell
MilitaryShot down by flak burst and crashed N of St Pol, FR on a mission to Wizernes, FR on 19 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31926 'Lovell's Hovel'. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
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- Date: 11 January 1944
- Date: 7 January 1944
- Date: 24 December 1943
- Date: 22 December 1943
- Date: 16 December 1943
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Born |
Calumet, MI | 2 March 1920 | |
| Hubbell, MI | 1 July 1941 | ||
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Other 384th BG Combat Tour |
Grafton Underwood Airfield, UK | 16 December 1943 - 19 March 1944 | Shot Down on his 15th combat mission |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Wavrans-sur-Ternoise, France | 19 March 1944 | Aircraft hit by flak immediately after bombs away; later observed spiraling down with flames pouring from all parts of aircraft; four chutes emerged, with one on fire; crashed near Wavrans-sur-Ternoise, a very small village, near a larger town called St Pol-sur-Ternoise, France. MACR 3242 |
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Buried |
Calumet, MI | Lake View Cemetery Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan, USA Plot Sec: 51, Lot: 11 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3242 / MACR 3242, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database