2LT James Frederick Watson (1921-1944)

2LT James Frederick Watson Veteran

Birth

20 May 1921

Coos County, Oregon, USA

Death

4 Mar 1944 (aged 22)

England

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Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial

Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England Add to Map

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Tablets of the Missing

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Second Lieutenant James F Watson, Oregon, Service Number O-748855, flew P-51 Mustangs for the 382nd Fighter Squadron, 363rd Fighter Group, 9th Air Force. He failed to return (FTR) from escorting bombers to Berlin. The group climbed through severe weather on instruments. Watson's fighter, P-51 #43-6975, was last seen, 5 miles east of Naze, England, during the climb. Presumed to have crashed into English Channel. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.

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