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Personal info

Full name
MANNON, James Buddie
Date of birth
1 April 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Hickory Flat, Benton County, Mississippi
Hometown
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34734752
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Waist Gunner
Unit
710th Bombardment Squadron,
447th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 December 1944
Place of death
Near Prüm, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 2 17

Immediate family

Members
Addie M. (Johnson) Mannon (mother)
Elizabeth Mannon (sister)
Lois (Milam) Mannon (wife)
James B. Mannon, Jr (son)

Plane data

Serial number
44-8355
Data
Type: B-17G-SH
Destination: Babenhausen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the airfield
MACR: 11119

More information

Sgt James B. Mannon enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, on 27 May 1943.

The plane was hit by flak. It is believed that they received a direct hit in the cockpit area. Nothing was said over the intercom. The plane went into an immediate spin upon their second hit.

Eight crew members were killed in action, and 2 were taken prisoner.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Family Trees, www.fold3.com - MACR, WWII Draft Card, 1940 US Census www.americanairmuseum.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Commercial Appeal - 21 May 1944