Jimmie Dudley Collins III
Military
USAAF photo
Object Number - UPL 46562 - 1st Lt Jimmy D Collins III, 707BS, 446BG
Jimmie Collins served as a Co-pilot with the 446th Bomb Group.
His B-24 'Connie' ran out of fuel and crashed at Hoofddorp on 21-Jun-44.
He was Killed in Action (KIA). Commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing at Netherlands American Cemetery.
71 years later his remains have been identified and he will be buried back in the United States.
Read the full story here: http://www.al.com/news/anniston-gadsden/index.ssf/2015/06/missing_sylac…
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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 707th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Connie
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 707th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Flixton
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Sylacauga, Alabama | 18 May 1922 | Son of James Dudley Jr and Sarah [Lambert] Collins. |
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Enlisted |
Montgomery, AL | 6 June 1942 | Montgomery, Alabama |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Vijfhuizen, Netherlands | 21 June 1944 | |
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Buried |
Marble City Cemetery Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL | 29 June 2015 | Re-Interred Marble City Cemetery Sylacauga, Talladega County, Alabama |
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Based |
Bungay | 21 June 1944 | Assigned to 707BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Combined two entries for Jimmie D Collins III. This entry now includes information from the following sources:
MACR 6159 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Other sources:
http://www.al.com/news/anniston-gadsden/index.ssf/2015/06/missing_sylac…
ABMC record: http://www.abmc.gov/search-abmc-burials-and-memorializations/detail/WWI…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6159
