Crew Roster · Personal File
James Scanlon
Sgt. James E. Scanlon served as tail turret gunner of B-24H 41-25590, 330th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group. He survived the collision on 29 March 1944 and returned to duty. The MACR notes that parachutes were used.
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Sortie Log
3 CATALOGUED SORTIES
29 MAR 1944 — 09 OCT 1944
29 MAR 1944 — 09 OCT 1944
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
№ 284
29 MAR 1944
Watton
B-24H serial 41-25590, assigned to the 330th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group, departed Hardwick on 29 March 1944 on a bombing mission to Watton. At approximately 1015, the aircraft was lost over Halesworth Station as the result of a mid-air collision with another aircraft. Seven of the nine crew members were killed in action; two survived and returned to duty. Weather at the time of loss: 10/10 cloud cover with tops at 6,500 ft and a base at 800 ft; wind east-northeast at 5 mph. An eyewitness report from AAF Station F-365 Flying Control described seeing two B-24s collide at approximately 1030 hrs., with the crash site approximately five miles south-east of the base. An explosion occurred around 1130 hrs., injuring several people on the ground from the blast.
41-25590
№ 626
12 SEP 1944
HemmingstedtO/R
Marked with Ø symbol.
Sleepy Time Gal42-95095
№ 670
09 OCT 1944
Target unrecorded
Unexpected Visitor, The42-51248