James L Loftin
MilitaryPilot, Loftin crew. 381st BG, 534th BS, 8th AF. Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29958 'Battlin Bombsprayer'. Mission #37 to the Arado Aircraft Components at Anklam, Germany. MACR 886. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft III and Stalag XIIID.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37308868
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36171782
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6148886
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32414174
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 7 September 1943
- Official Description:
- Date: 6 September 1943
- Date: 3 September 1943
- Date: 31 August 1943
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Prisoner of War |
Germany | 9 October 1943 | Stalag Luft III Stalag XIIID |
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Based Prisoner of War |
9 October 1943 |
Revisions
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 886
WWII POW record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=466&mtch=1&cat=WR26&t…
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx