James P LaPaze

Military
Black and white posed headshot of man wearing a uniform of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat. There are silver wings and medal ribbons on the upper left-side of the jacket, and a WWII-era Air-Force silver officer insignia badge on the center of hat. There is an aviation insignia pin and on the jacket lapel, and a single bar on the shoulder lapel. An Army Air Force patch is on the left sleeve. Subject is not looking directly in lens and is not smiling UPL 60955 UPL 60955 James P. LaPaze, 750th BS, 457th BG

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Object Number - UPL 60955 - James P. LaPaze, 750th BS, 457th BG

Shot down 14 June 1944 in B-17 #42-31618 which ditched in channel. Escaped and Returned.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-31618

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Our Baby
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron 750th Bomb Squadron

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'

Glatton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" for readability.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5903 / MACR 5905

James P LaPaze: Gallery (1 items)

Black and white posed headshot of man wearing a uniform of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat. There are silver wings and medal ribbons on the upper left-side of the jacket, and a WWII-era Air-Force silver officer insignia badge on the center of hat. There is an aviation insignia pin and on the jacket lapel, and a single bar on the shoulder lapel. An Army Air Force patch is on the left sleeve. Subject is not looking directly in lens and is not smiling

Object number: UPL 60955 - James P. LaPaze, 750th BS, 457th BG