Name and Rank, Captain James Curley Queen.
Unit/Placed in, 13th Airdrome Squadron, United States Air Force.
James was born approx. on 1922 in Maryland.
Father, Oscar C. Queen.
Mother, Helen Queen.
Sister, Mary Queen.
Brother, Henry Queen.
James entered the service from Maryland with service number # 0-705422.
James C. Queen was a Pilot in the 13th Airdrome Squadron.
James crewmembers and their positions onboard the C-47 were,
Cap. James C. Queen Pilot
1st Lt. George Eisenhaur Co Pilot
1st Lt. Richard G. Davis Navigator
Sgt. Earl C. Glass Engineer
Sgt. Stanley Brudney Radio Operator
Pfc. George A. Knell Passenger
2nd Lt. Dwight K. Gilbert Passenger
WOJG. Alfred J. Dipietro Passenger
Pfc. Arthur Brown Passenger
Sgt. Joseph Brown Passenger
T4. Fred Bows Passenger
T5. Robert L. Goins Passenger
S/Sgt. Vivian L. Harris Passenger
T5. Emanuel M. Jackson Passenger
T5. Jessie L. Glover Passenger
T5. Carnell Boyd Passenger
Pfc. John T. Eatmon Passenger
Pfc. Johnathon Culbertson Passenger
Pfc. Clarence W. Brown Passenger
Sgt. Earnest Flowers Passenger
Cpl. Harry Edmonds Passenger
Pfc. L. C. Hollins Passenger
Pfc. William Jenkins Jr. Passenger
Pfc. Robert Hillmaq Jr. Passenger
James died postwar on an administrative run to Iwo Jima because of bad visibility/Weather they crashed in the sea, on Nov. 16, 1946, he is honored with an Air Medal and Commendation Ribbon (Medal).
James is buried at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.
Courts of the Missing.
Thanks to
http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/c-46/44-78961.html
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and ww2-europe.com.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Website,
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
