James Albert Drain

Military
media-56914.jpeg UPL 56914 James Sharp crew. 401BG.
Rear L-R: Dave Stephens - Jim Drain - Vincent Huss - Jim Sharp - Myles Busse - Unkn - Unkn - Unkn - Unkn

Front L-R: Bill Thomas - Alf Tomkinson - John Sederis - Rodney 'Bob' Tobine - Unkn

A/C is B-17 42-31226 'The Saint and Ten Sinners'.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 56914 - James Sharp crew. 401BG. Rear L-R: Dave Stephens - Jim Drain - Vincent Huss - Jim Sharp - Myles Busse - Unkn - Unkn - Unkn - Unkn Front L-R: Bill...

Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Jim Sharp crew.





Awards: AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

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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.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

James Cameron Sharp

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12075675 / O-745199
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bridgeton, NJ 7 May 1923 Son of June Drain.

Enlisted

Newark, NJ 10 November 1942 Newark, New Jersey

Other

Discharged USAAF

24 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Enlisted

15 June 1949

Other

Discharged USAF

27 August 1952 Honourable discharge.

Died

Newark, DE 18 July 1991

Buried

Gracelawn Memorial Park New Castle, New Castle County, DE 21 July 1991 Gracelawn Memorial Park New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware

Based

Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/676198819
https://www.fold3.com/record/15816173/james-a-drain-social-security-dea…
https://www.fold3.com/record/83628522/james-a-drain-wwii-army-enlistmen…
https://www.fold3.com/record/618731262/james-drain-1923-veterans-affair…
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/138786359
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1210
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144456435/james-a-drain

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1210

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