James E Kearney

Military

Flew on B-24 42-52745 Virgin Vampire. All 10 crew members survived collision on ground at Lavenham with B-24 41-29482, 30 May 1944.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.

487th Bomb Group

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

Places

Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room.

Lavenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield

Revisions

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ContributorIWMPM
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Sources

487th BG http://www.487thbg.org/roster/487thSqd838.htm

487th BG http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/collision_30may1944.shtml

'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces. Volume 3. ETO Area - April 1944 - June 1944'. Bishop, Stan D & Hey, John A. Bishop Book Productions. 2009. ISBN 978-0-9547685-3-9

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.487thBG.org roster