Name:
James M. Crawford
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
37506385
Unit:
597th Bomber Squadron, 397th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1944-06-24
State:
Missouri
Cemetery:
Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
Plot:
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:
James M. Crawford was born on April 16, 1922. He resided in Missouri prior to the war.
James served in the 597th Bomber Squadron, 397th Bomb Group, as a Staff Sergeant and Radio Operator on the B-55-MA "Post War Plans" #42-96127 during World War II.
On June 24, 1944, his crew took off from Station 168 airfield in Rivenhall, England, with an assigned target of Maisons-La-Fitte Bridge, France. Hit by flak at about 1930hrs, their airplane went straight down the Avenue La Fountaine in Maisons-Lafitte. All members were killed in this incident.
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