Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, he was not officially declared by the military as being dead until May 2, 1945.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
James served as a Aviation Machinist's Mate Second Class on a PB4Y, U.S. Navy during World War II.
He resided in Jefferson County, Alabama prior to the war.
James was a crew member on a PB4Y that took off from Attu Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska on a routine patrol. The plane never returned to base.
James was declared "Missing In Action" in this loss in the north western Pacific region during the war.
Service # 6041273
James also has a "Cenotaph" in the Valhalla Cemetery, Midfield, Alabama with his parents.
( see family links below )
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Crew who perished on this PB4Y:
Daniels, Joseph F ~ AMM2c, NY
Dering, Philip R ~ Ens, IL
Heidlage, Grover F ~ LTJG, MO
Kihl, Oliver L ~ ARM3c, ND
McDowell, James C, Jr ~ AMM2c, AL
Morrow, Hugh E ~ AOM2c, WY
Palmer, Louis E ~ ARM3c, IL
Smith, Robert W ~ Ens, WA
Bio, Family Links & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
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James served as a Aviation Machinist's Mate Second Class on a PB4Y, U.S. Navy during World War II.
He resided in Jefferson County, Alabama prior to the war.
James was a crew member on a PB4Y that took off from Attu Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska on a routine patrol. The plane never returned to base.
James was declared "Missing In Action" in this loss in the north western Pacific region during the war.
Service # 6041273
James also has a "Cenotaph" in the Valhalla Cemetery, Midfield, Alabama with his parents.
( see family links below )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Crew who perished on this PB4Y:
Daniels, Joseph F ~ AMM2c, NY
Dering, Philip R ~ Ens, IL
Heidlage, Grover F ~ LTJG, MO
Kihl, Oliver L ~ ARM3c, ND
McDowell, James C, Jr ~ AMM2c, AL
Morrow, Hugh E ~ AOM2c, WY
Palmer, Louis E ~ ARM3c, IL
Smith, Robert W ~ Ens, WA
Bio, Family Links & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, he was not officially declared by the military as being dead until May 2, 1945.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
James served as a Aviation Machinist's Mate Second Class on a PB4Y, U.S. Navy during World War II.
He resided in Jefferson County, Alabama prior to the war.
James was a crew member on a PB4Y that took off from Attu Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska on a routine patrol. The plane never returned to base.
James was declared "Missing In Action" in this loss in the north western Pacific region during the war.
Service # 6041273
James also has a "Cenotaph" in the Valhalla Cemetery, Midfield, Alabama with his parents.
( see family links below )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Crew who perished on this PB4Y:
Daniels, Joseph F ~ AMM2c, NY
Dering, Philip R ~ Ens, IL
Heidlage, Grover F ~ LTJG, MO
Kihl, Oliver L ~ ARM3c, ND
McDowell, James C, Jr ~ AMM2c, AL
Morrow, Hugh E ~ AOM2c, WY
Palmer, Louis E ~ ARM3c, IL
Smith, Robert W ~ Ens, WA
Bio, Family Links & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
James served as a Aviation Machinist's Mate Second Class on a PB4Y, U.S. Navy during World War II.
He resided in Jefferson County, Alabama prior to the war.
James was a crew member on a PB4Y that took off from Attu Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska on a routine patrol. The plane never returned to base.
James was declared "Missing In Action" in this loss in the north western Pacific region during the war.
Service # 6041273
James also has a "Cenotaph" in the Valhalla Cemetery, Midfield, Alabama with his parents.
( see family links below )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Crew who perished on this PB4Y:
Daniels, Joseph F ~ AMM2c, NY
Dering, Philip R ~ Ens, IL
Heidlage, Grover F ~ LTJG, MO
Kihl, Oliver L ~ ARM3c, ND
McDowell, James C, Jr ~ AMM2c, AL
Morrow, Hugh E ~ AOM2c, WY
Palmer, Louis E ~ ARM3c, IL
Smith, Robert W ~ Ens, WA
Bio, Family Links & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
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