James Henry HUSBANDS

 

HUSBANDS James H

Source : Sarah Jane Gabig
NUMBER OF SERVICE34649137 
AGE21 yo
DATE OF BIRTH 3 March 1923 Johnsonville, Florence County, SOUTH CAROLINA
ENLISTMENT STATE SOUTH CAROLINA
FAMILY

Spouse : Margaret Elveen Dibble Sumwalt

Parents : Eugene Max & Carolyn Madeline Haigler Husbands

Siblings : Eugene Max & Joseph Marion Husbands

RANK Staff Sergeant
FONCTIONMechanic/Gunner
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT Authors, editors, and reporters SC
DATE of ENLISTEMENT19 March 1943 Fort Jackson Columbia SOUTH CAROLINA
 SQUADRON856th Bomber Squadron
 GROUP492nd Bomber Group, Heavy
ARMY8th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH15 August 1944

HUSBANDS James H

Source : Andy

STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHCol de Duerne -  Duerne
DATA PLAN

 B-24 Liberator - type D-35-CO - s/n 42-40172 5Z*C ou F "Lynn Bari II"

B 24 Liberator

Macr : 8422
Mission: Maquis Saphir - Equipment parachute drop in Duerne (69)
Take off 8/14 10:03 p.m. Harrington, Northamptonshire
Given on the 14th by AAF - equipment intended for the maquis of St-Symphorien-sur-Coise
Hit a tree while parachuting and crash into the mountain

CEMETERY TEMPORARY

 CEMETERY TEMPORARY of  Luynes Cemetery, Aix-En-Provence N°3551

Story of Cemetery Temporary

CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
C93
DECORATION

Air Medal

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

 

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Photo FDLM

victory medal

 

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856 Bombardment Squadron856_Bombardment_Squadron
STORY

The 492nd entered combat on 11 May 1944 and, throughout the month, operated mainly against industrial targets in central Germany.

Attacked airfields and V1 weapons launch sites in France during the first week of June.

Bombed coastal defences in Normandy on June 6, 1944 and attacked bridges, railways and other interdiction targets in France until the middle of the month.


Resumption of the bombing of strategic targets in Germany and, with the exception of the support of the infantry during the breakthrough of Saint-Lô on July 25, 1944, continue these operations until August 1944 where after only 89 days of combat, 492nd had lost 52 planes to enemy action, with 588 men killed or missing. In the words of one veteran, "the whole group was wiped out".

Rather than trying to rebuild the broken group, the 492nd was removed from duty and the surviving members were reassigned to other units in the theatre.


Subsequently, the organization was transferred without personnel or equipment to RAF Harrington on August 5, 1944, and assumed the personnel, equipment and special operations mission Carpetbagger of the 801st Bombardment Group, which was interrupted. With black painted aircraft configured with engine flame dampers and optimized for night operations, the group operated mainly in the south of France.

B24 42-40172 with Major Pilot William N. Anderson, was a veteran of "Operation Tidal Wave", the low-level raid to destroy the Romanian oil fields piloted by the 506 Squadron 44th Bomb group.


 

HUSBANDS James H

Operation Carpetbagger B24 Crew

L-R,standing : James H. Husbands, Benjamin Rosen, Unidentified, Unidentified, John W. Gillikin

L-R,Front row : William H. Moncy, Unidentified, Unidentified, child, Connie L. Walker

Source : Sarah Jane Gabig


 

Crew of  B-24 Liberator - type D-35-CO - s/n 42-40172 5Z*C ou F

"Lynn Bari II"

 

2Lt Richard Raymond Jr
NORTON Pilot Dead Cim Am Rhône Draguignan
O-696869 - AM/PH - Fils de Claire H Norton, Brooklyn, New York
2Lt Lloyd LaRue ANDERSON Navigator Dead Cim Am Rhône Draguignan
O-716315 - AM/PH - Epoux de Marion L Anderson, Brentwood, New York
S/Sgt James Henry HUSBANDS Mechanic/Gunner Dead Cim Am Rhône Draguignan 34649137 - AM/PH - Epoux de Peggy D Husbands, Springfiels, South Carolina
S/Sgt Wayman Baker SKADDEN Gunner Dead Cim Am Rhône Draguignan 39408365 - AM/PH - Fils de Ines Margaret Skadden, Stockton, California
2Lt Connie O Jr WALKER Gunner Dead Cim Am Rhône Draguignan O-821120 - AM/PH - Fils de Connie O Walker, Tampa, Florida
2Lt Benjamin ROSEN Bomber Dead Initialement Cim St-Martin-en-Haut O-762947 - AM/PH - Bronx, New York
S/Sgt William Harold MONCY Radio/Gunner Dead Rose Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA * 18191727 - AM/PH - 20 ans - Né le 24/11/1923 - Fils de Lora Lee Moncy, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma  - Died on 16/08/1944 as a result of his burns - Initially buried at the Cim St-Symphorien-sur-Coize
Sgt John Washington GILLIKIN Gunner En fuite   34457627 - Fils de Bert W Gillikin, Beaufort, North Carolina USA - Grièvement blessé - Recueilli par les habitants

SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTOAad.archives.gov - Abmc.gov - Francecrashes39-45.net - Findagrave.com
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