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Personal info

Full name
REED, James Milton
Date of birth
9 April 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Dunbar, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13128666
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Ball Turret Gunner
Unit
550th Bombardment Squadron,
385th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
11 December 1943
Place of death
North Sea, 2 Miles off Langeoog Island, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Benjamin Reed (father)
Ella M. (Hall) Reed (mother)
Charles R. Reed (brother)
Stella L. (Lawson) Reed (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-30168
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Slo Jo
Destination: Emden, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the industrial area
MACR: 1666

More information

S/Sgt James M. Reed Redstone graduated from Township High School with the class of 1939 and was a miner

He volunteered for the U.S. Army in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 22 July 1942.

According to witness statements of surviving crew members, the bombs exploded onboard of the plane.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, William H. Shay, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File / 1930 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Evening Standard - 11 December 1942, William H. Shay, The Redstonian page 23