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Personal info

Full name
HURST, James H
Date of birth
5 October 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Gosport, Owen County, Indiana
Hometown
Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35578654
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Assistant Engineer/Right Waist Gunner
Unit
338th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 November 1944
Place of death
Oestrich-Winkel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 22 7

Immediate family

Members
Herschel C. Hurst (father)
Mary J. (Huron) Hurst (mother)
Clyde H. Hurst (brother)
Ronella J. Hurst (sister)
George A. Hurst (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-102531
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Tangerine II
Destination: Wiesbaden, German
Mission: Bombing of the airfield of Erbenheim
MACR:10358

More information

Sgt James H. Hurst attended Depauw University.

He was a railroad clerk before he enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 5 January 1943.

The aircraft was hit by flak, approximately one minute before bombs away. It immediately broke in two at the ball turret.

Two crew members survived and were taken prisoner, seven were killed. They were initially buried at the cemetery of Oestrich-Winkel, Germany.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - family trees, www.fold3.com - MACR
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Depauw Yearbook 1942