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KNOX, James Larkin - Date of
birth
9 April 1918 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
New Albany, Union County, Mississippi -
Hometown
New Albany, Union County, Mississippi
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-747024 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Bombardier -
Unit
368th Bombardment Squadron,
306th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
29 April 1944 - Place of
death
Hecklingen near Stassfurt, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| J | 4 | 7 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Baxter N. Knox (father)
Corinne (Evans) Knox (mother)
Virginia E. Knox (sister)
Baxter N. Knox Jr. (brother)
William M. Knox (brother)
Janis C. Knox (sister)
Alice (Taylor) Knox (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-31556 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Berlin, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the railway facilities of Friedrich railway station
MACR: 4240
More information
James Knox attended college fand was a farm manager.He joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army in Montgomery, Alabama on 31 December 1940.
Near Magdeburg on the return flight, flak hit the B-17. The right wing was badly damaged and the airplane peeled up over the lead B-17, rolled over and went straight down enveloped in flames. It may have exploded before it hit the ground.
Two crew members survived and were taken prisoner, eight men were killed. They were initially buried at the cemetery of Hecklingen Cemetery, near Stassfurt, Germany on 2 May 1944.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, WWII Draft Cards
Photo source: Michel Beckers, Janis Knox Sanders (sister)