James S Nix
Military ROLL OF HONOUROriginally assigned to B-17F 41-24581 'The '8' Ball', 303BG/359BS on 1-Jul-42 as the Co-Pilot and arrived in the UK at Molesworth on 21-Oct-42.
Shot down 19 August 1943 in B-17 #42-3192, "City of Albuquerque". Killed in Action (KIA) 303BG/358BS while serving as Pilot on a mission to bomb the German airdrome and storehouses at Gilze-Rijen, Holland. MACR 284.
Mission participation (UNDER CONSTRUCTION) See Biography events
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Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The 8 Ball
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The 8 Ball MK II
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: City of Albuquerque
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 19 August 1943
- Date: 4 February 1943
- Date: 2 February 1943
- Date: 6 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 23 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
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Other Assigned to Aircraft |
Alamogordo, NM 88310, USA | 1 July 1942 | Assigned as Co-Pilot of B-17F 41-24581 "The '8' Ball" at Alamogordo Field, Alamgordo, New Mexico. |
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Other Arrived in UK |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 21 October 1942 | Arrived as Co-Pilot of B-17F 41-24581 "The '8' Ball", 303BG/359BS at Molesworth, UK. |
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Other Mission #1, 2LT James S. Nix, w/41-24581, 303BG/359BS - Aborted |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 18 November 1942 | Served as Co-Pilot of B-17F 41-24581 "The '8' Ball", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France, but mechanical failures forced the Pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #2, 2LT James S. Nix, w/41-24581, 303BG/359BS - Aborted |
Lorient, France | 22 November 1942 | Served as Co-Pilot of B-17F 41-24581 "The '8' Ball", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France, but mechanical failures forced the Pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #3, 2LT James S. Nix, w/41-24581, 303BG/359BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 23 November 1942 | Served as Co-Pilot of B-17F 41-24581 "The '8' Ball", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #4, 2LT James S. Nix, w/41-24581, 303BG/359BS |
Lille, France | 6 December 1942 | Served as Co-Pilot of B-17F 41-24581 "The '8' Ball", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the carriage and wagon works at Lille, France. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #5, 2LT James S. Nix, w/41-24635, 303BG/359BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 3 January 1943 | Served as Co-Pilot of B-17F 41-24635 "The '8' Ball II", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France, But mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #6, 2LT James S. Nix, w/41-24635, 303BG/359BS - Aborted |
Hamm, Germany | 2 February 1943 | Served as Co-Pilot of B-17F 41-24635 "The '8' Ball II", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #7, 2LT James S. Nix, w/41-24635, 303BG/359BS - Aborted |
Osnabrück, Germany | 4 February 1943 | Served as Co-Pilot of B-17F 41-24635 "The '8' Ball II", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the industrial areas of Osnabruck, Germany, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. RTB |
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Born |
Fellows, California, USA | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Belgium | 19 August 1943 | Killed in Action as Pilot of B-17F 43-3192 "City of Albuquerque", 303BG/358BS while on a mission to bomb the German airdrome and storehouses at Gilze-Rijen, Holland. Aircraft was shot down by fighters and crashed at Raamsdonk, Holland. KIA |
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Buried |
Buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery, Plot H, Row 11, Grave 22 |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Lee Cunningham 16-Mar-2016. Added Mission #7 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 4-Feb-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/014.pdf.
Lee Cunningham 16-Mar-2016. Added Mission #6 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 2-Feb-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/013.pdf.
Lee Cunningham 16-Mar-2016. Made connections to AIrcraft 41-24635 and Missions of 2-Feb-43 and 4-Feb-43 per 303BG website, gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Reports of dates stated: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/014.pdf
Lee Cunningham 20-Dec-2015. Added Mission #5 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 3-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/009.pdf.
Lee Cunningham 12-Dec-2015. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 6-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/005.pdf
Lee Cunningham 12-Dec-2015. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 23-Nov--42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/004.pdf
Lee Cunningham 12-Dec-2015. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission REport of 22 -Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/003.pdf
Lee Cunningham 12-Dec-2015. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 18-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/002.pdf
Lee Cunningham 12-Dec-2015. Added Arrived in UK event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, William R. Calhoun crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-calhoun.html
Lee Cunningham 12-Dec-2015. Added Assigend to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, William R. Calhoun crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-calhoun.html
Lee Cunningham 12-Dec-2015. Added Original aircraft assignment to Summary Biography and made connections to aircraft and mission participations per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, http://www.303rdbg.com/; Edited KIA event per MACR 284; Added decorations and burial event per American Battle Monumnet Commission records.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 284 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database