James W Bozarth

Military

Prisoner 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

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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

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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

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