James W Bozarth
MilitaryPrisoner of War (POW). Hit by flak and had mid air collision and crashed near Chartres on 8/1/44 in B-17 Stormy Weather 42-39873. He was one of 2 survivors.
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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-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Stormy Weather
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Konzentrationslager Buchenwald
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Prisoner of war |
1 August 1944 | ||
Born |
Oak Grove, Missouri |
Revisions
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Sources
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 7824;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7824, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=3020