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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

James Edward Finney

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Erie County, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Sam E. Pennartz

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ENLISTED ON 10 JANUARY 1942 AT PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA. ASSIGNED TO THE ARMY AIR CORPS, 27TH AIR DEPOT GROUP, 27TH DEPOT REPAIR SQUADRON. ON 14 JUNE 1943 HE WAS ONBOARD A B-17 RETURNING TO PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA FROM MACKAY, QUEENSLAND. HE DIED SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF FROM MACKAY AIRFIELD WHEN THE CONVERTED B-17C FLYING FORTRESS, BEING USED AS A TROOP TRANSPORT, CAUGHT FIRE AND CRASHED AT BAKERS CREEK, NEAR MACKAY, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA.