James Oren Aubele

Military
media-37034.jpeg UPL 37034 Part of MACR 1555, records those captured and interrogated. 2Lt Charles Joseph Spear Navigator of B-17 42-29663, shows DOB 7th Aug 1918.

Associated people

Object Number - UPL 37034 - Part of MACR 1555, records those captured and interrogated. 2Lt Charles Joseph Spear Navigator of B-17 42-29663, shows DOB 7th Aug 1918.

Assigned to 364BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 17-May-43 in B-17 42-29663. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 15555



Awards: PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11033809 / O-791522
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cuyahoga County, OH 4 February 1919 Son of Elmer H and Charlotte M [Juengling] Aubele.

Enlisted

Fort Hayes, Columbus, OH 20 January 1942

Other

Baled out POW

Lorient, France 17 May 1943 Shot down 17-May-43 in B-17 42-29663. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 15555

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 17 May 1943 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.

Died

Albuquerque, NM 18 May 2011

Buried

Santa Fe National Cemetery, NM 7 June 2011 Santa Fe National Cemetery Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, NM

Based

Molesworth 17 May 1943 Assigned to 364BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Pilot training

Merced Field, Oxnard, CA Primary Flight Training - Merced Field, Oxnard, CA.

Other

Pilot training

Luke Field, Phoenix, AZ Advanced Flight Training - Class 42, Luke Field, Phoenix, AZ

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15555 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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