Jimmy E McCurdy
Military ROLL OF HONOURDied of wounds. July 30, 1943, on return from Kassel raid crash landed in a/c B-17 #42-29726 Poisonality. 20 mm shells sent armoured plating through McCurdy. Upon landing, he was hospitalized where he died the next day.
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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-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Dallas Rebel Poisonality
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron 509th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
19 December 1919 | ||
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Died |
31 July 1943 | ||
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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a Separator to aid readability.
Added a "-" to the A/C type in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit history, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 213, The 351st in WWII by Harbour & Harris pp. 12-13