467th Bombardment Group (H)
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Abell, James Wesley
Information
Name
Last Name:
First Name:
Middle Name (initial):
Preferred Name:
Nick Name:
Abell
James
Wesley

Serial Number
Enlisted:
Officer:
16082666
O-707758
Birth Info
Date of Birth:

Place of Birth:
21 Oct 1921

Unknown at this time
Residence
Residence at Enlistment:
537 W 87th St.
Chicago
Cook Co.
Illinois
Official Home Town
Unknown at this time
Enlistment Info
Date of Enlistment:

Place of Enlistment:
29 May 42

East Lansing, Michigan
Deployment Info
Deployed Method:

Returned to US Method:
Unknown at this time

Unknown at this time
Discharge Info
Date:

Place:
16 Aug 44

Passing Info
Date of Death:

Place of Death:

16 Aug 1944

Lostau
Saxony-Anhalt Co.
, Germany

Cemetery:


Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
Lemay,
Saxony-Anhalt,
Missouri, :

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Service History
Date
Description
Unit
Rank
MOS Code
Duty
10 Aug 44
Transferred from 492nd BG
788th (2nd Org)
Second Lieutenant
O-1034 - Navigator
Navigator
11 Aug 44
Roster of Combat Crews
788th (2nd Org)
Second Lieutenant
Navigator
16 Aug 44
KIA
788th (2nd Org)
Second Lieutenant
Navigator
17 Aug 44
Internment
788th (2nd Org)
Second Lieutenant
Navigator
Missions
Mission
Crew
Aircraft
Grp #
Date
City
Credit
BS
#
Position
Serial Number
Name
099
14 Aug 44
Dole-Tavaux
788th
Navigator
42-95220
101
16 Aug 44
Magdeburg
788th
Navigator
42-50481
Total Flights: 2
Total Combat: 2
Total Dispatched: 2
Total Credited: 2
Stories
Date
Topic
Author
19 Aug 1944
Eyewitness Account
Duane C. Heath

19 Aug 1944
Eyewitness Account
George B. Robb

Diary Entries
Date
Type
Author
16 Aug 44
Practice
Haenn, Joseph William

17 Aug 44
Combat
Haenn, Joseph William