James W Maher

Military
media-45824.jpeg UPL 45824 1LT James W. Maher
Bombardier
388th BG - 560th & 561st Bomb Squadrons 388th Bomb Group collection

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Object Number - UPL 45824 - 1LT James W. Maher Bombardier 388th BG - 560th & 561st Bomb Squadrons

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

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

People

Ray James Campbell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-747209
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Floyd Earl Doherty

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Calvin Samson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2045208
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Louis V Trubia

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-102559

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group

42-31707

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Jake's Jerks
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron

42-38039

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron

42-97328

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Heaven's Above
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron

42-97542

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: City of Savannah
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

550

  • Date: 13 August 1944

541

  • Date: 11 August 1944

533

  • Date: 9 August 1944
Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Five men standing to the rear and six men kneeling in front. Some of the men are wearing flying gear. There is also some gear lying in front of the men.

531

  • Date: 8 August 1944

510

  • Date: 2 August 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

388th BG Combat Tour

Knettishall Airfield, UK 26 March 1944 - 13 August 1944

Revisions

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Sources

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html

James W Maher: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 45803 - Ray James Campbell Crew 388th BG - 560th BS - 8th...

Object number: UPL 45824 - 1LT James W. Maher Bombardier 388th BG - 560th &...