Name:
James A. Estes
Rank:
Captain
Serial Number:
O-430995
Unit:
22nd Anti-Submarine Squadron
Date of Death:
1943-11-03
State:
Kentucky
Cemetery:
Rhone American Cemetery, Draguinan, France
Plot:
D
Row:
7
Grave:
19
Decoration:
Distinguished Flying Cross, Soldier's Medal, Air Medal
Comments:
CPT Estes was on an initiation flight with the RAF when the plane went down and he was killed. They were delivering weapons to the French resistance. The remainder of the crew is buried on the CWGC plot of the Marcols-les-Eaux town cemetery.