New England Air Museum
James A. King
 
 
 
Recent Address:   1409 Hathaway Road, Raleigh, NC 27608
 
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Hometown:   West Allis, WI
 
Date Entered Service:   October 1942
 
Service Number:   O-860441
 
Bomb Group:   444th
 
Squadron:   676th
 
Location of Unit:   Great Bend, KS - October 12 1943
 
Missions Flown:   29
 
Hump Missions Flown:   18
 
Targets:   Bangkok, Yawata, Formosa, Singapore, Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe, Osaka, Okayama
 
Awards/Decorations:   Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, Distinguished Flying Cross, Distinguished Unit Citation
 
Service Schools Attended:   Aircraft Cadet School - Chanute Field & Yale Univ. 1943; Engineering/Boeing Aircraft Factory - Seattle, WA Apr 1943; Flight Engineer School - Salina, KS Jun 1943
 
Military Specialty(ies):   MOS 1028-Aircraft Observer, Flight Engineer (VHB)
 
Rank Upon Discharge:   1st Lieutenant
 
Crew Type:   Flight crew
 
Airplane Serial No.& Name:   42-6352 Fu-Kemal
 
Were you a POW?   No
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Were you interned?   No 
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