James W Mifflin
MilitaryShot down 26 February 1943 in B-24D #41-23777 'Maisey', 44BG/66BS while serving as Left Waist Gunner. The aircraft was attacked by German fighters, exploded in mid-air and crashed near Willbroksmoor, Germany. He was able to bale out of the stricken aircraft and was captured as a Prisoner of War (POW).
NY Times War Correspondent Robert Post was aboard and killed.
POW
Connections
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Maisie
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 26 February 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
26 February 1943 - 30 July 1945 | Held at Stalag Luft 1, Barth-Vogelsang, Prussia. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 30-Jul-45. | |
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Born |
Revisions
Capitalized the Words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.
Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - “stricken” was misspelled.
Lee Cunningham 21-Jun-2015 Added decorations and made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added POW event and location per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; Added A/C model number and Unit designations in Biography. MACR 16067.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16067 / MACR 16067, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 81, The 44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties by Lundy pp. p. 52-54, The Writing 69th by Jim Hamilton p. 156 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database