James Hugh CARITHERS Jr
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Source : BuncherBeacon1 | |||||||
NUMBER OF SERVICE | 37069700 | ||||||
AGE | 29 yo | ||||||
DATE OF BIRTH | 1914 TEXAS | ||||||
ENLISTMENT STATE | ARKANSAS | ||||||
FAMILY | Parents : James Hugh Sr. & Hattie Carithers | ||||||
RANK | Staff Sergeant | ||||||
FONCTION | Gunner | ||||||
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT | |||||||
DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 1942 ARKANSAS | ||||||
REGIMENT | 427th Bomber Squadron | ||||||
DIVISION | 303rd Bomber Group, Heavy | ||||||
ARMY | 8th US Air Force | ||||||
DATE OF DEATH | 1 May 1943 |
Source : F Lavernhe | |||||
STATUS | KIA | ||||||
PLACE OF DEATH | Between Belle-Ile and Ouessant | ||||||
DATA PLAN |
B-17 Fortress - type F-25-BO - s/n 41-24610 GN*T "Joe Btfsplk" Macr : 15727 Mission : St-Nazaire (44) : base sous-marine Takeoff station 107 Molesworth , Cambridgeshire Hit by the flak - Engine on fire, shot down by 2 Focke Wulf 190 fighters (Uffz Rudolf Gerhardt - Ltn Joseph Wurmheller) | ||||||
CEMETERY | BRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY of St James (Montjoie St Martin) | ||||||
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Crew of B-17 Fortress - type F-25-BO - s/n 41-24610 GN*T"Joe Btfsplk"
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1st Lieutenant | Vincent Xavier | WALSH | Pilot | Prisoner - New York - Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia | O-726862 - Born the 04/06/1917 | |
2nd Lieutenant | John V | FRANKLIN | CoPilot | Dead | MIA - Tablets Cim Am Cambridge UK | O-736175 - AM/PH - IOWA |
2nd Lieutenant | Edward A | ZIEMINSKI | Navigator | Dead | MIA - Tablets Cim Am Cambridge UK | O-790319 - AM/PH - CONNECTICUT |
2nd Lieutenant | John H | WALKER | Bomber | Dead | MIA - Tablets Cim Am Cambridge UK | O-661682 - AM/PH+2GS - MICHIGAN |
T/Sergeant | David Stamps Jr | LEE | Mechanic/Gunner | Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf | 14071227 - Born the 01/11/1921 - MISSISSIPPI | |
T/Sergeant | Emery L | KNOTTS | Radio | Dead | MIA - Tablets Cim Am Cambridge UK | 14071057 - AM/PH - MISSISSIPPI |
S/Sergeant | James H Jr CARITHERS | Gunner | Dead | MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James | 37069700 - AM/PH - ARKANSAS | |
S/Sergeant | Leroy H | MOYER | Gunner | Dead | MIA - Tablets Cim Am Cambridge UK | 16092543 - AM/PH - WISCONSIN |
S/Sergeant | Anthony Joseph Jr | PEKLINSKY | Gunner | Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf | 15078240 - Born the 10/08/1922 - WEST VIRGINIA - Injured, hospitalized |
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S/Sergeant | Joseph | McMAHON | Gunner | Dead | MIA - Tablets Cim Am Cambridge UK | 36350693 - AM/PH - ILLINOIS |
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SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTO | Francecrashes39-45.net - Findagrave.com - Abmc.gov - Airforce.togetherweserved.com - 303rdbg.com - Chemin-memoire39-45paysderetz.e-monsite.com |
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PROGRAMMER | Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |