James R Todd
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak, crashed in the English Channel off Zuydcotte, France on May 28, 1944. Plane was B-24H 42-50345
Awards: AM, PH
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-811078
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Acton
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
Off Zuydcoote, France | 28 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Lutzendorf hit by flak in #3 engine near IP not able to keep up with formation abandoned over channel. KIA MACR 5389 |
Born |
Tennessee, USA | ||
Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources
https://www.fold3.com/image/28651156
https://www.fold3.com/record/529863015-james-r-todd
https://www.fold3.com/image/310763365?terms=6850084%20James%20R%20Todd
Mission 376: Battle Over the Reich, May 28, 1944 By Ivo de Jong
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5389 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database