Personal File · AirmanMissing in Action
James B. Sample.
Pilot · Of Route 20 477-A, Indianapolis, Indiana, IN.
The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
2nd Lt. James B. Sample served as pilot of B-24M 44-50697, 328th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group. Next of kin: Mr. Palmer C. Sample (father), Route 20 477-A, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Reported Missing in Action following the loss of his aircraft over the Dutch coast on 5 April 1945, when the plane was hit by 20mm and 40mm flak fire and was last seen inverted at low altitude.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Position
Pilot
Serial Number
O-720576
Hometown
Route 20 477-A, Indianapolis, Indiana, IN
Missions flown.
3 catalogued · 05 Apr 1945 — 21 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.
Sources.
§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1945
Official record
2nd Air Division · 2nd Air Division Digital Archive · 1944
Official record