James W Conley
MilitaryOn return from mission to Ludwigshaven on 7 Jan 1944, B-17G #42-39838 crashed near Wilby, Suffolk, England. Only two engines were operating at time of crash. RTD. Shot down by fighters near Haselunne on a mission to Klein Machnow, Belin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-97495. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Worry Wart : The Devil's Daughter
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron 339th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Spook Six
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Gremlin's Sweetheart
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Wee Bonnie II
- Unit: 1st Strategic Air Depot 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 6 March 1944
- Date: 4 March 1944
- Date: 3 March 1944
- Date: 25 February 1944
- Date: 24 February 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
St. Paul, MN | 21 December 1919 | |
Enlisted |
Minneapolis, MN | 30 March 1942 | |
Other Crash Landed |
Wilby, UK | 7 January 1944 | 42-39838 |
Other POW |
Barth, Germany | 15 March 1944 | Stalag Luft I (dates are approximate) |
Died |
Dallas, TX | 23 May 1971 | |
Buried |
Wichita, KS | 27 May 1971 | Maple Grove Cemetery Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA Plot Section B, Lot 13, Grave 8 |
Other Shot Down/Captured |
near Hasselunne, Germany | 6 March 1944 | 42-97495 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2986 / MACR 2986, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database