Victor Lee Mintz

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media-50896.jpeg UPL 50896 B-17 42-102937 'Ready Freddie', 412BS, 95BG with Jimmy Sasser crew.

L-R: Unkn, Unkn, Howard Taylor, Unkn, Unkn, Unkn, Unkn, Unkn, Floyd Hendershot, Victor Mintz, Jimmy Sasser.

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Object Number - UPL 50896 - B-17 42-102937 'Ready Freddie', 412BS, 95BG with Jimmy Sasser crew. L-R: Unkn, Unkn, Howard Taylor, Unkn, Unkn, Unkn, Unkn, Unkn, Floyd...

Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Non operational flight to Duxford in B-17 42-102937 'Ready Freddie'; pilot clipped control tower beacon, lost control and crashed into barracks building. Died non Battle (DNB)



Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

James Douglass Sasser

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15108036 / O-813786
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-102937

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ready Freddie
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

Places

Line up of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at Duxford air base. September 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '55432 AC - War Birds Home To Rest - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on an 8th Air Force field in England after a daylight sweep over Germany. Crews have finished inspections and refueling.'

Duxford

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: "Duckpond"

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New Hanover County, NC 8 September 1921 Son of Daniel Wright and Lillie Mae [Brock] Mintz.

Enlisted

Camp Davis, NC 19 August 1942 Camp Davis, North Carolina

Died

Duxford, UK 19 July 1944 Non operational flight; crash at Duxford. Died non Battle (DNB)

Based

Horham 19 July 1944 Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Oakdale Cemetery Wilmington, New Hanover County, NC Re-Interred Oakdale Cemetery Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina

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