James A Goins

Military
media-26057.jpeg UPL 26057 Sgt. James A. Goins 754th/458th Mighty 8th Army Air Force Norwich, Eng. Horsham St. Faith James Goins

Raymond C Casey

Object Number - UPL 26057 - Sgt. James A. Goins 754th/458th Mighty 8th Army Air Force Norwich, Eng. Horsham St. Faith

Experiences = BOMB TOTIN' MAMA (Lt. Raiter Crew - 56) Shot down Easter Sunday, April 9 1944, Tutow Run. Prisoner of War (POW) in Luftstalag III, transferred to Luftstalag 17b. Black March Survivor. Liberated May 1945 by Patton's 3rd Army outside Braunau, Austria.



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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Bomb Totin Mama
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Frankfort, Kentucky

Buried

Frankfort, Kentucky

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Wasserhofstraße, 3500 Krems an der Donau, Austria 9 April 1944

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3836 / MACR 3836 & Page 276 of the book LIBERATORS OVER EUROPE by Mackay, Bailey & Scorza, D790G458 &  458bg.com including crew picture in Raiter crew in 754th BS / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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