James Arthur Whitehead was born in 1922 in Delaware. He enlisted in the Army on November 11, 1942 in Camden, New Jersey. He was noted as being Single, without dependents. James served as a Sergeant and Tail Gunner on B-17G (#42-97255), 563rd Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.
He was declared "Missing In Action" over Rostock, Germany. He had served in the Air Corps for one year and six months at the time of his death. Sgt Whitehead's name is commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom. He was one of the many brave Americans of the 388th Bomber Group who lost their lives in aerial operations against the German forces from June 1943 - August 1945.
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