Murray, James B

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Murray, James B ‡ ⇗
Rank	Private / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	32436297 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #56 dated 25 July 1943, effective 25 July 1943.
Duty	Tail Gunner
MOS	611 - Aerial Gunner
Last Duty Date	16 August 1943
Results	Killed In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, New York
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 27 July 1921 Promoted from Private to Sergeant per AAF Station 196 Special Orders #57 dated 27 July 1943.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 295⇓ (3.015 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
1st Lt. Magowan, David, Jr⇗	Pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Bughman, Leonard Woods⇗	Co-pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Dougherty, John (NMI)⇗	Navigator	EV
2nd Lt. Gudyka, Peter (NMI)⇗	Bombardier	MIA
T/SGT. Koves, Ladislaw George⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	POW
SGT. Schroeder, Albert G⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	TR
S/SGT. Coody, Matthew Earl⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	POW
PVT. Murray, James B	Tail Gunner	KIA
S/SGT. Sheets, Robert M⇗	Flexible Gunner	EV
S/SGT. Ohe, Edward Burton⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 3 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
14⇗	12 August 1943	Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑3259⇗	Combat Mission Credit On return, landed away at Framlingham, AAF Station 153, with one wounded. Engines #1 & #3 damaged by 20mm shell, many flak holes in ship. Sortie Report⇗
15⇗	15 August 1943	Target: Poix-en-Picardie and Amiens-Glisy Airfields Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Poix-de-Picardie & Amiens, France	Tail Gunner	42‑5797⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
16⇗	16 August 1943	Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France	Tail Gunner	42‑5797⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Shot down by enemy aircraft after target; crew bailed out, then aircraft exploded and crashed near Villiers-en-Désœuvre, west of Paris, France. MACR 295 Sortie Report⇗

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