James Hugh CARITHERS Jr

 

carithers james

Source : BuncherBeacon1

NUMBER OF SERVICE37069700
AGE29 yo
DATE OF BIRTH1914 TEXAS
ENLISTMENT STATEARKANSAS
FAMILYParents : James Hugh Sr. & Hattie Carithers
RANKStaff Sergeant
FONCTIONGunner
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT NE
DATE of ENLISTEMENT1942 ARKANSAS
REGIMENT 427th Bomber Squadron
DIVISION 303rd Bomber Group, Heavy
ARMY8th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH1 May 1943

carithers james

Source : F Lavernhe

STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHBetween Belle-Ile and Ouessant
DATA PLAN

B-17 Fortress - type F-25-BO - s/n 41-24610 GN*T

"Joe Btfsplk"

B 17

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)

 
CEMETERYBRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY of St James (Montjoie St Martin)

Map of St James American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
Wall of the missing
DECORATION

Air Medal

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

Badge Gunner

 

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Photo FDLM

victory medal


combat infantryman badge

 

usaf  8air force  303bg 427bs
STORY
 

 

Crew of B-17 Fortress - type F-25-BO - s/n 41-24610 GN*T

"Joe Btfsplk"

 

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
S/Sergeant Joseph McMAHON Gunner Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Am Cambridge UK 36350693 - AM/PH - ILLINOIS

 B 17


SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTOFrancecrashes39-45.net - Findagrave.com - Abmc.gov - Airforce.togetherweserved.com -   303rdbg.com  - Chemin-memoire39-45paysderetz.e-monsite.com
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