James Ernest Morgan Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURUSAAF Photo
Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. B-17 41-24464 'Excalibur' ditched into North Sea on 4-Mar-943. The A/C had been repeatedly attacked by fighters and broke in half. Morgan along with pilot Brill and co-pilot Lowry was killed. The other crew members returned to base. after being picked up by a British minesweeper. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: AM, PH.
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17019995 / O-442336
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Excalibur
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Asheville, North Carolina | 7 April 1920 | Son of James Ernest and Ella Mae [Ledbetter] Morgan. |
Enlisted |
Charlotte, NC | 13 October 1941 | Charlotte, North Carolina |
Died |
West of Texel Island, Netherlands | 4 March 1943 | |
Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery | Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | |
Based |
Bassingbourn | 4 March 1943 | Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Training |
Training took place at: Kessler Field, MS, Panama City, FL, Walla Walla, WA, Topeka, KS, Salina, KS | ||
Buried |
Green Hills Cemetery Asheville, Buncombe County, NC | Cenotaph: Green Hills Cemetery Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina | |
Buried |
Arlington National Cemetery | 'In Memory Of' Headstone: Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia Section MD Site 46 |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85757585/james-ernest-morgan
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56287179/james-ernest-morgan
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop and Hey p. 87, websites of ABMC and National Archives