James T Garvey
MilitaryJoined Sqd 6/19/43. DS/Tunis 9/19/43. Returned to base 10/12/43. Injured 7/11/44 (Munich). Rescued by British Destroyer. Trans 4144 Hosp 9/19/44. Evacuated to USA. Pilot: Bonnet.
July 4, 1944, on mission to FR in B-24#42-100412 ÒV for VictoryÓ when engine trouble led to return to England. Crew bailed out. 10 RTD. B. Schaffer crew.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8250 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Webb Todd MACR 8250, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. IV by Bishop & Hey, p. 28