James H. Trainor.
Co-Pilot · 330th Squadron · Of Belt, MT.
The Man Behind the Name
From the 2nd Air Division Association Yearbook
Assigned to 93rd Bomb Group at Hardwick. Completed 29 combat missions.
Service record.
Missions flown.
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.
Before and after.
Born Aug. 31, 1924 in Belt, MT. Joined USAAF December 1942. Pilot training Class 44-E at Lubbock, TX; B-24 transition training at Fort Worth, TX; Boise, ID.
Discharged August 1945; recalled March 1951. Discharged second time September 1954. Returned to Eastern Washington College of Education (EWCE) at Cheney, WA; graduated with BA (1947). Career in education. Recalled March 1951 to fly B-29s and B-50s; attended School of Aviation Medicine. Returned to classroom after September 1954 discharge. Graduated USC with MS in education. Moved to northern California; owned and operated cattle and horse ranch. Retired from USAFR. Retired from education career 1983 to pursue full-time ranch operation and back country outfitting.