James Baird
Military | Sergeant | 384th Bomb Group
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Military
Military | Sergeant | 384th Bomb Group
Military | Top Turret | 384th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
35 missions in B-17, Europe, Romanian Oilfields,Germany, D-Day
DFC/AM 30LC/WWII Victory Medal, GCM
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 384th Bomb Group
Military | Sergeant | 384th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant | 384th Bomb Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | 384th Bomb Group
Group
The 384th Bomb Group flew B-17s from Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire, between May 1943 and June 1945. They were engaged in daylight bombing missions over Germany as part of the Allies' efforts to destroy the effectiveness of the Luftwaffe by...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 4/3/44; Gr Island 22/3/44; Grenier 2/4/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-R] Grafton Underwood 16/4/44; battle damaged Cologne 10/11/44 with ?; force landed continent; Sal; Returned to the USA Bradley 4/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains,...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 29/8/43; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD-B] Grafton Underwood 2/11/43; transferred 836BS/487BG Lavenham 16/7/44; transferred 34BG Mendlesham; retUS Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/9/45; Reconstruction Finance...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 6/2/44; Kearney 27/2/44; Grenier 20/3/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-J] Grafton Underwood 31/3/44; t/o training mission 22/7/44 with Fred Griggs, Co-pilot: Frank Gyory, Navigator: Gordon Hermanford, InsP-Chas Hale, Flight engineer/top...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/44; Dalhart 2/3/44; Kearney 1/4/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-D] Grafton Underwood 15/4/44; crashed on take off with John Whiteside 10/1/45, Salvaged.
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 23/2/44; Kearney 12/3/44; Dow Fd 4/4/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-T] Grafton Underwood 11/4/44; was a spade to attack Munich16/7/44 with Edmund Mulvehill, Co-pilot: John McNamara, Navigator: Chas Shoolbread, tog-Gerhardt Radde,...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 18/11/43; Kearney 1/12/43; Presque Is 15/12/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-B] Grafton Underwood 21/1/44; Missing in Action Augsburg 19/7/44 with Jim Bodker, Co-pilot: George Brandon*, Navigator: Albt Steindam, tog-Carlyle Telford, Flight...
Military site : airfield
Grafton Underwood was built in 1941 by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd. It was the first airfield in England to receive an Eighth Air Force flying unit, when in May 1942 personnel of the 15th Bomb Squadron took up residence. As a satellite airfield for...
Event | Location | Date |
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Assigned | 16 April 1944 | |
Assigned to the 384th BG 547th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #72 dated 16 April 1944, Charles E. Hale Crew. 31 Combat missions. |
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08 April 2016 02:36:16 | bombercommand | Changes to events |
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http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=140 |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
14 March 2016 19:59:18 | harbergr | Changes to place associations |
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From website https://8thafhs.org/bomber/384bg.htm |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
14 March 2016 19:31:31 | harbergr | Changes to person associations and media associations |
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From the Asher Family archives and the website http://384thbombgroup.com |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
14 March 2016 19:17:00 | harbergr | Changes to middlename |
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Asher Family Archives |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
14 March 2016 19:16:24 | harbergr | Changes to awards |
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Asher Family Archives |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
14 March 2016 19:05:20 | harbergr | Changes to service number, highest rank, role, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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From research by Robert J. Harberg including family archives and the website: http://384thbombgroup.com |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:15:44 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=a... |