James R Todd

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak, crashed in the English Channel off Zuydcotte, France on May 28, 1944. Plane was B-24H 42-50345



Awards: AM, PH

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Eugene R Hicks

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-811078
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-50345

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Aerial photograph of Sudbury airfield looking south west, the bomb dump is to the upper right of the airfield, 29 February 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC188. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Sudbury

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Acton

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Off Zuydcoote, France 28 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Lutzendorf hit by flak in #3 engine near IP not able to keep up with formation abandoned over channel. KIA MACR 5389

Born

Tennessee, USA

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

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https://www.fold3.com/image/310763365?terms=6850084%20James%20R%20Todd
Mission 376: Battle Over the Reich, May 28, 1944 By Ivo de Jong

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5389 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database