Aageberg, James Blaine, Capt

Fallen

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Captain

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 1055-Pilot, Single-Engine Fighter

Last AFSC Group
Pilot (Officer)

Primary Unit
1944-1945, 366th Fighter Group

Service Years
1942 - 1945

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Indiana

Year of Birth
1918

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Casualty Info

Home Town Hammond, Indiana	Last Address Asch Airfield, (Y-29), Belgium

Casualty Date Jan 21, 1945
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes	Reason Other Cause
Location Belgium	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment American Cemetery - Henri-Chapelle, Belgium	Wall/Plot Coordinates Plot C / Row 1 / Grave 39

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	2018, World War II Fallen

Ribbon Bar

Unit Assignments


	1944-1945, 390th Fighter Squadron - Wild Boars
	1944-1945, 366th Fighter Group

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1944-1944 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Normandy Campaign (1944)
	1944-1945 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Rhineland Campaign (1944-45)
	1944-1945 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Ardennes Alsace Campaign (1944-45)

My Aircraft/Missiles


	1944-1945, P-47 Thunderbolt (Jug)

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

He was strafing enemy vehicles when his engine was damaged by flak. He was able to bail out but his parachute did not open completely. He was credited with 1 aerial victory for shooting down an Me-109 on Dec 17, 1944.

Comments/Citation:

Sources:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56278905/james-blaine-aageberg

https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/en/american-war-cemetery-

henri-chapelle-a/44187-aageberg-james-b

https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=2&cat=WR26&tf=F&q=Aageberg&bc=sl&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=

1278060&rlst=5838227,1278060

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21847015/aageberg_shoots_down_german_plane/

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21846928/aageberg_kia_article_28_feb_1945/

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21847050/more_news_on_aageberg_death/

http://ardennesavions45.blogspot.com/2012_03_04_archive.html (in French)

https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/aageberg%3Djames
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/246115

http://www.cieldegloire.com/fg_366.php