John W James Jr

Military
media-55457.jpeg UPL 55457 DeDiemar crew, 709th Squadron, 447th Bomb Group. Photo taken at Drew Field, Florida, undated. Crew as assigned October 24, 1944, (order in photo unknown): Lt. Thomas G. Dediemar, Lt. John W. James, F/O John C. Augustine, Sgt. John T. Murray, Cpl. William R. Dowden, Cpl. Richard F. Glynn, Cpl. Robert E. Hampton, Cpl. Lyman T. Parker, Cpl. Joseph Roldan

Timothy Motz, from 447bg.com

Object Number - UPL 55457 - DeDiemar crew, 709th Squadron, 447th Bomb Group. Photo taken at Drew Field, Florida, undated. Crew as assigned October 24, 1944, (order in photo...

Crashed at Ohrdruff in B-17 'Devils Mate II' #42-97624 on 9 Feb 45, Prisoner of War (POW),

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Devil's mate ii
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Johnson City, Tennessee, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 9 February 1945

Revisions

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Added S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Copied "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so one dup person can be deleted.

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Corrected the name by moving "Jr" from the surname field to the suffix field and moving the last name from the middle name field to the surname field.

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MACR 12241 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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