Name:
Jap A. Powell
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-885396
Unit:
336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group
Date of Death:
1943-02-13
State:
Indiana
Cemetery:
Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom
Plot:
D
Row:
7
Grave:
57
Decoration:
Comments:
Jap A. Powell was born in 1917 in Indiana. He served in the 336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group, as a Second Lieutenant during World War II.
2lt Powell was Killed in Action on February 13, 1943. While on a patrol off the east coast of Britain, his Spitfire developed engine trouble, and he was forced to bail out at a low altitude. Recovered unconscious by ASR, he died in the hospital without regaining consciousness. He is now buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov, 4thfightergroupassociation.org