Christy James Donald

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James Donald Christy is honored on the following 2 monument(s) in our database:

B-17 43-38175 (I'll Be Seeing You) Memorial - Warsaw Uprising Support

Warsaw Uprising Victims Wall -American Airmen

Name:

James Donald Christy

Rank:

Sergeant

Serial Number:

35419667

Unit:

568th Bomber Squadron, 390th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

1949-08-13

State:

Ohio

Cemetery:

South Lawn Cemetery, Utica, Licking County, Ohio, USA

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

James Donald Christy was born on October 2, 1920. He was the son of Alice Fessler.

James served in the 568th Bomber Squadron, 390th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Sergeant during World War II. A passenger on the B-17 #43-38175 �I�ll Be Seeing You,� he became a POW on September 18, 1944, when his aircraft was shot down by German artillery during a mission in Warsaw, Poland. He was sent to Stalag Luft IV in Gross Tychow, Poland.