James Bland Thompson

Military

media-48180.jpeg UPL 48180 L to R: TSGT Grady Franklin Cope (G), CPT Joseph Kupits (B/N), CPT Meredith J. Huff (P), SSGT James B. Thompson (G)
416th BG - 669th BS - 9th AF

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Object Number - UPL 48180 - L to R: TSGT Grady Franklin Cope (G), CPT Joseph Kupits (B/N), CPT Meredith J. Huff (P), SSGT James B. Thompson (G) 416th BG - 669th BS - 9th AF

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Units served with

416th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

669th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

43-10135

Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
Nicknames: Irish
Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron

43-9203

Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron

43-9211

Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron

43-9450

Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
Nicknames: Holey Joe
Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron

43-9717

Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron

Places

Wethersfield

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other First 416th BG Combat Mission	Foret Nationale Tournehem, France	20 March 1944
Other Shot Down/Captured	Forges-les-Eaux, France	6 June 1944	Two box leader's planes, Maj. Meng's and Maj. Campbell's, were hit even before they reached the target. ... Maj. Campbell was unable to make it. As the crews reported it, he kept his plane under control and appeared to make a normal landing in an open field in France. With him were Lt. William H. Palin, S/Sgt. Harold R. Hatch, and S/Sgt. James B. Thompson.
Other POW	Zagan, Poland	15 June 1944	Stalag Luft III
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