James S Alexander

Military

Shot down 30 May 1944 in B-17 #42107207. Shot down 2 German fighters over Germany. Plane went down in a hayfield near Everingen. 3KIA, 7 POW.





Silver Star, Bronze Star w/2 oak leaf clusters, Purple Heart, DFC

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lancaster, PA, USA 3 December 1922

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 30 May 1944

Revisions

Date
ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources

Data Update, National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, 15 September 2014

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5304 / MACR 5304, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2504 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database