James Douglass Sasser
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Media courtesy of Julia Mortenson.
Object Number - UPL 15061 - Lt. James Douglass Sasser
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Non operational flight to Duxford in B-17 42-102937 'Ready Freddie'; clipped control tower beacon, lost control and crashed into barracks building. Died non Battle (DNB)
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13143475
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33489477
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14107088 / O-819141
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ready Freddie
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Gulfport, MS | 17 September 1915 | |
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Enlisted |
La Fayette, IN | 17 August 1942 | La Fayette, Indiana |
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Died |
Duxford, UK | 19 July 1944 | Killed in an accident during a test flight. |
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Buried |
20 July 1944 | Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot F Row 2 Grave 28 | |
| Memphis, Tn | |||
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Based |
Horham | 19 July 1944 | Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Media and biographical information courtesy of Julia Mortenson.
Additional details from:
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ContributorAAM
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Sources
Combat Sup / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
