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GREEN, James R - Date of
birth
29 June 1918 -
Age
25 -
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio -
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-804650 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Co-Pilot -
Unit
723rd Bombardment Squadron,
450th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
23 February 1944 - Place of
death
Grunau, Austria
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 17 | 13 |
Immediate family
-
Members
James P. Green (father)
Ina B. (Rogers) Green (mother)
Elsie (Patburg) Green (wife)
James R. Green Jr. (son)
Plane data
- Serial
number
41-29213 -
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: Round Trip Rosie
Destination: Steyr, Austria
MACR: 3366
More information
Lt Green graduated from Langley High School and was a member of the Pennsylvania State Police and later a policeman for the Pennsylvania Railroad in Pittsburgh. He was the father of an eigh-week-old son whom he had never seen.The airplane fell out of the formation and went down, out of control. Other crews observed two chutes leave the ship. The time was approximately 1210 hours. The altitude about 21,000 feet. The Pilot Lt. Samsa and Top Turret Gunner B. Breneman bailed out and spent the rest of the war in several POW camps. The rest of the crew were buried on 16 May 1944 on the southern slope of Gruenauerberg, 150 meters northeast of the so called Trauenbichler-Holzknechthuette.
Source of information: www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press