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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 |