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Escape and Evasion Report 1613
Military Record · United States Army Air Forces · 1943 · Escape and Evasion Reports
Personal File · AirmanKilled in ActionPassed 01 Aug 1943
Jim M. Crumley.
330th Squadron · Of Washington County, Tennessee, TN.
The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
S/Sgt. James M. Crumley served as tail gunner on the Ploesti mission of 1 August 1943 with the 93rd Bomb Group.
Crumley was killed in action before the aircraft went down. According to Adams, the tail gunner was killed in the turret as the aircraft reached the initial point (I.P.), prior to the bomb run and before the crash. The crew questionnaire lists both Crumley and Sylvester Havens under the tail gunner position; Crumley appears to be the individual killed in the turret at the I.P.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number
14040230
Hometown
Washington County, Tennessee, TN
Missions flown.
1 catalogued · 01 Aug 1943
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
№ 115
01 Aug 1943
Ploesti
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Interment.
§ At Rest
Cemetery
Ardennes American Cemetery
Location
C 12 22
Burial
C 12 22
Photographs.
1 on file
Read the records.
1 document
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Sources.
§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1943
Official record