James D Burton Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action on 4-Mar-43 in B-17F 42-5370, 91BG/324BS whaile serving as Left Waist Gunner. The aircraft was shot down near Texel Island, Holland in route to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany.
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 4 March 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Texel, Netherlands | 4 March 1943 | Killed when the aircraft was shot down by fighters and crashed into the North Sea near Texel Island, Holland. |
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Born |
York, South Carolina | ||
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Other Commemorated |
Netherlands American Cemetery, AM Begraafplaats 1, 6269 NA Margraten | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 25-Jun-2015. Added Decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added Summary Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE. Added SN per MACR 16102.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16102, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey, p. 88, National WW II monument web site