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SSGT James L Mitchell

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SSGT James L Mitchell Veteran

Birth
Crawfordsville, Washington County, Iowa, USA
Death
5 Jan 1944 (aged 22)
Sharnbrook, Bedford Borough, Bedfordshire, England
Burial
Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England Add to Map
Plot
Plot B Row 1 Grave 7
Memorial ID
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Entered the service from Iowa.

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See Alternate Memorial Location for James L. Mitchell at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67006177/james-l-mitchell

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Staff Sergeant James L Mitchell, Service Number: 37435353, flew as waist gunner on B-17s with the 367th Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group. On 5 Jan 1944, for a mission to Kiel, Germany, Mitchell was one of eight crewmen killed shortly after take off in B-17 #42-30767, when it crash landed near base at Sharnbrook, UK.

Air Medal, Purple Heart
Contributor: carolyn deloach (50647457)

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Entered the service from Iowa.

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See Alternate Memorial Location for James L. Mitchell at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67006177/james-l-mitchell

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Staff Sergeant James L Mitchell, Service Number: 37435353, flew as waist gunner on B-17s with the 367th Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group. On 5 Jan 1944, for a mission to Kiel, Germany, Mitchell was one of eight crewmen killed shortly after take off in B-17 #42-30767, when it crash landed near base at Sharnbrook, UK.

Air Medal, Purple Heart
Contributor: carolyn deloach (50647457)

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