James Manuel Parr
MilitaryAssigned to 2BAD, 8AF USAAF. Killed aboard B-24J 42-50291 'Classy Chassis II' which was being air tested, when hit be lightning in a thunderstorm, while trying to land. A/C crashed into the Frekleton school and adjacent snack bar. Died non Battle (DNB)
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Other
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: Base Air Depot 2 Maintenance Division (Base Air Depot 2)
- Service Numbers: 17062814 / O-740035
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Classy Chassis II
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 490th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 2 832nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: BAD-2
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Ocilla, GA | 30 November 1919 | Son of Earnest C and Mattie Parr. |
Enlisted |
Camp Blanding, FL | 11 October 1941 | Camp Blanding Florida |
Died |
Freckleton, UK | 23 August 1944 | Killed aboard B-24 'Classy Chassis II', crashed Frekleton, UK 23-Aug-44. |
Buried |
25 August 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | |
Based |
Warton | 23 August 1944 | Assigned to 2BAD, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Evergreen Cemetery Jacksonville, Duval County, FL | Re-Interred Evergreen Cemetery Jacksonville, Duval County, FL | |
Duval County, FL |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freckleton_air_disaster
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