Personal File · AirmanPassed 05 Mar 1945
James A. Essell.
Navigator · 409th Squadron · Of KY.
The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
James A. Essell held the rank of Corporal and was listed in position 4 aboard the aircraft, serving in the navigator role with the 409th Bombardment Squadron.
His status was recorded as NA RECORD in the MACR, indicating no record was available for this individual. He is buried at Cambridge American Cemetery, plot C 1 77. His date of death is recorded as 5 March 1945.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
2nd Lieutenant
Position
Navigator
Serial Number
02072669
Hometown
KY
Missions flown.
1 catalogued · 22 Feb 1945
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
№
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 841
22 Feb 1945
Target unrecorded
“O-Bitch-U-Airy Mary”
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Interment.
§ At Rest
Cemetery
Cambridge American Cemetery
Location
C 1 77
Burial
C 1 77
Sources.
§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1945
Official record