World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
James L. Mott
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
SERVED AS A STAFF SERGEANT WITH THE 790TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, 467TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP, 8TH AIR FORCE IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN (EAME) THEATER. STATIONED IN ENGLAND AT ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF) RACKHEATH, AND PERFORMED DUTIES AS A WAIST GUNNER ABOARD B-24 'LIBERATOR' BOMBERS. SERVED AS AN AERIAL GUNNER WHEN UNDER ATTACK. HIS UNIT SERVED PRIMARILY AS A DAYLIGHT STRATEGIC BOMBING ORGANIZATION, WITH AN AREA OF OPERATIONS THAT INCLUDED GERMANY AND OCCUPIED EUROPE. PARTICIPATED IN THE AIR COMBAT-EAME, AIR OFFENSIVE EUROPE, NORMANDY, AND NORTHERN FRANCE CAMPAIGNS. KILLED IN ACTION ON AUGUST 5, 1944. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART, AIR MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.