Crew Roster · Personal File
James A. Essell
Navigator · 409th Squadron
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.
PASSED 05 MAR 1945
Sortie Log
1 CATALOGUED SORTIE
22 FEB 1945
22 FEB 1945
The sorties 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.
8AF Mission
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 841
22 FEB 1945
Target unrecorded
Formation position 2-2
O-Bitch-U-Airy Mary42-50485
§ Interment
Cemetery
Cambridge American Cemetery
Location
C 1 77
Burial Location
C 1 77