James Harvey Altizer II

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media-55315.jpeg UPL 55315 B-24D - 41-23754 - Little Lady - Teggie Ann. SSgt James Altizer - Kneeling, second from right, was a B-24 waist gunner. He flew on the B-24D, Teggie Ann - Little Lady, on the Ploesti mission. 1 Aug 43. He survived the mission and WWll .
Standing (L-R)
Ed Baker - Co-Pilot
Richard "Dick" Wilkinson - Pilot
Joe Silverman - Bombardier
Kenneth Hebert - Navigator


Kneeling (L-R)
Lalous Fultz - Gunner
Milton Rolley - Flight Engineer
Dan Butler - Gunner
Granville Meske - Gunner
Jim Altizer - Waist Gunner
Charles Kimtantas - Radio Operator

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Object Number - UPL 55315 - B-24D - 41-23754 - Little Lady - Teggie Ann. SSgt James Altizer - Kneeling, second from right, was a B-24 waist gunner. He flew on the...

James H. Altizer

BIRTH : 16 Feb 1908

DEATH : 25 Jul 1996

BURIAL : Sunset Memorial Park, South Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA



SSgt James H. Altizer was a B-24 gunner. He flew on Operation Tidal Wave, on the B-24D, Little Lady, over Ploesti and was interned in Turkey and was released a short time later. INT-TURK. 1 Aug 1943.



On another occasion, he abandoned his airplane, the B-24J, 42-110236, on a mission to the aircraft factory at Gotha, Germany, due to a fuel leak, and crashed in the woods at Bad Kissinger District, Bavaria, Germany. POW. 24 Feb 1944



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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Teggie Ann - Little Lady
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Charleston, West Virginia 16 February 1908 Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia.

Enlisted

27 March 1942 Ft Thomas, Newport Kentucky

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Interned

1 August 1943 Interned in Turkey after the Ploesti mission. 1 Aug 43. his crew was released by the Turks, not long after.

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 24 February 1944 Captured after bailing out of his B-24J over Bad Kissinger District, Bavaria, Germany. POW. 24 Feb 1944

Died

25 July 1996 Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia

Buried

Sunset Memorial Park South Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virgjnia

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NARA files verified ASN upon entry, DFC and AM. He earned the ACM, EAME Campaign Medal with at least one bronze service star, World War II Victory Medal and the Prisoner of War Medal.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2906 / MACR 2906/ Ploesti by Dugan & Stewart, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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