James S Gover
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Family records and photograph in personal possession.
Object Number - UPL 38624 - Lt. James S. Gover
HIS HEART WAS BRAVE
HE WAS UNAFRAID
FOR HIS WAS THE SOUL
WHICH HEROES ARE MADE.
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Units served with
![The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395090.jpg?itok=xKHTNg-O)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
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- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![Ground personnel of the 450th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force with their B-24 Liberator nicknamed "Babe in Arms".](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-418201.jpg?itok=LSW9gY0u)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Battleaxe
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
Missions
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- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
Steyr, Austria | 2 April 1944 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Dugan & Stewart 'Ploesti'