James S Cheney

Military
media-36776.jpeg UPL 36776 "Lead crew on bombing mission to Hamburg, Germany, in front of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 360th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group. England, 24 February 1945."

Rear L-R: Capt James Pershing Zwayer, Maj James S Cheney, Capt Harold Lee Stouse, Lt Col William S Raper, 1Lt Lawrence J Lifshus

Front L-R: T/Sgt Joseph D. Lillis, T/Sgt George Fred Bostick, 1Lt Melvin E Papp, S/Sgt Leo F Wotanis, F/O James Hodges Hardy

Object Number - UPL 36776 - "Lead crew on bombing mission to Hamburg, Germany, in front of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 360th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group. England, 24...

He completed 36 missions. Became Squadron Navigator in June 1943, Group Navigator in October 1943. He left the group in January 1945 to become the Group Navigator for the 303rd BG and flew approximately 9 missions. Cheney was later Judge Advocate General of USAF and in 1995/6 President of the 306th BGMA



AM w 5/Oak Leaf Cluster; DFC

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Events

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Born

Tucson, Arizona 13 August 1918

Died

24 April 1998

Buried

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306th Echoes April '98

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Cheney stayed in USAF serving in Korea. He later joined the Judge Advocate and was Judge Advocate General. In 1995 he was elected president of the 306th BG Association.

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