James F McClure
MilitaryAttacked by fighters on the return from a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31240 'Shack Job' crashed near Soltau-Bucholz, GR after the crew bailed out SE of Hamburg, GR. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-1283461
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Shack job
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Flint, Michigan | 23 May 1922 | |
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Died |
4 May 1987 | ||
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Buried |
Northport, Michigan | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 6 March 1944 | Interned in POW Camp: Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
Revisions
Added an association to the A/C #42-31240 listed in the "Summary biography".
Added a POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added punctuation to the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3086, Son, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces