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Personal info

Full name
GARVEY, James A
Date of birth
6 November 1920
Age
23
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16077910
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Radio Operator
Unit
579th Bombardment Squadron,
392nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 July 1944
Place of death
Near Rhoden, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 10 13

Immediate family

Members
John J. Garvey (father)
Bridget (Blackwell) Garvey (mother)
John Garvey (brother)
Mary Garvey (sister)
Margaret D. Garvey (sister)
Helen Garvey (sister)
Edward F. Garvey (brother)
Bernard Garvey (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-95229
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: Rap 'Em Pappy
Destination: Bernburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke AG aircraft plants
MACR: 7216

More information

T/Sgt James A. Garvey attended DePaul University and was a salesman.

He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Chicago, Illinois on 15 April 1942. He had taken part in 20 misions, including the D-Day bombardments.

Eyewitnesses of other airplanes, Lt Niederriter, and Lt Fleck, stated that the aircraft was attacked by enemy aircraft after bombs away, dropped the nose gear. Then most of the landing gear came down with the plane leaving formation under control with #3 engine windmilling, #4 engine out, and some flames coming from the aiplane.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.B24.net, www.archives.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Hamrin Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, 392nd Bomb Group, Sheila Gartland