First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces; 409th Bomber Squadron, 93th Bomber Group, Heavy; Awards: Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart; Burial - Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial; KIA: 1 APR 1944.

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James was "Killed In Action" when his B-24 ~ "Bar Fly" (#42-100248 ), while returning from a bombing run over Pforzheim, Germany, was hit by enemy flak and crashed near Reims, France during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart.

He was interred, side by side, with three other members of his crew here at the Epinal American Cemetery. T/Sgt McCallen, 1st Lt. Robbins, and S/Sgt Speier, with a fourth member, S/Sgt Wojciechowski, interred several rows away.

Info on Bomber Crew Members being interred "Side By Side" at Epinal submitted by Dwight "Andy" Anderson

( Above Bio & Below Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )

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Airmen who perished on B-24 (#42-100248):
Bins, Robert F ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, Wisconsin
Butler, Daniel A ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, Texas
Carriker, Raymond R ~ T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, Illinois
McCallen, Jack R ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, Pennsylvania
McCauley, Joseph J, Jr ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, New York
Robbins, Edward L ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, Missouri
Speier, Charles B ~ S/Sgt, Nose Gunner, Minnesota
Wagner, James L ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, Pennsylvania
Wojciechowski, Stanley ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Ohio

Airmen who became a POW from B-24 (#42-100248):
Zywiczynski, Frank G ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, Ohio

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First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces; 409th Bomber Squadron, 93th Bomber Group, Heavy; Awards: Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart; Burial - Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial; KIA: 1 APR 1944.

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James was "Killed In Action" when his B-24 ~ "Bar Fly" (#42-100248 ), while returning from a bombing run over Pforzheim, Germany, was hit by enemy flak and crashed near Reims, France during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart.

He was interred, side by side, with three other members of his crew here at the Epinal American Cemetery. T/Sgt McCallen, 1st Lt. Robbins, and S/Sgt Speier, with a fourth member, S/Sgt Wojciechowski, interred several rows away.

Info on Bomber Crew Members being interred "Side By Side" at Epinal submitted by Dwight "Andy" Anderson

( Above Bio & Below Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )

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Airmen who perished on B-24 (#42-100248):
Bins, Robert F ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, Wisconsin
Butler, Daniel A ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, Texas
Carriker, Raymond R ~ T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, Illinois
McCallen, Jack R ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, Pennsylvania
McCauley, Joseph J, Jr ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, New York
Robbins, Edward L ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, Missouri
Speier, Charles B ~ S/Sgt, Nose Gunner, Minnesota
Wagner, James L ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, Pennsylvania
Wojciechowski, Stanley ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Ohio

Airmen who became a POW from B-24 (#42-100248):
Zywiczynski, Frank G ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, Ohio

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