Myles James L., Jr.

Monuments

The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan

Name:

James L., Jr. Myles

Rank:

First Lieutenant

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Unit:

Air Transport Command

Date of Death:

1945-02-13

State:

New Jersey

Cemetery:

Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, New Jersey

Plot:

Mausoleum

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James L. Myles, Jr. was the son of James L. and Mary C. Myles. He was a 1941 graduate of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, High School. 1st Lieutenant Myles was a pilot in the Air Transport Command, serving in the C-B-I Theater in World War II. He was killed while piloting B-24D Liberator bomber #42-40142 when it crashed on a ferrying flight, two miles southeast of Kwanghan, China. His body was returned home to the United States and interred in the Harleigh Mausoleum in Camden, New Jersey on January 3, 1949. 1Lt Myles was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China.

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