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Personal info

Full name
LOOMIS, James Daniel
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Connecticut
Hometown
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
18048308
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Gunner
Unit
342nd Bombardment Squadron,
97th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 July 1944
Place of death
Forsten, Remscheid, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 21 5

Immediate family

Members
Harry P. Loomis (father)
Eva M. (Shore) Loomis (mother)
Charlotte Loomis (sister)
Harry E. Loomis (brother)
Christine V. Loomis (sister)
George W. Loomis (brother)
Lillian M. Loomis (sister)
John H. Loomis (brother)
Rosemary (Weiss) Loomis (wife)
James M. Loomis (son)
David J. Loomis (son)

Plane data

Serial number
44-6188
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Munich, Germany
Mission: Bombing of an aircraft factory, motor works and an airfield
MACR: 6745

More information

T/Sgt James D. Loomis was a cook before he joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, on 8 January 1941.

The airplane was hit by flak over the target.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Mathis Family Tree / 1930 Census, http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/15264
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