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Contact Info
Home Town Noel, Virginia
Last Address Petersburg, Virginia
Date of Passing Dec 09, 2006
Location of Interment Waverly Cemetery - Waverly, Virginia
He destroyed 2 enemy aircraft in aerial combat while flying Spitfires, and then downed 6 more plus 1 damaged while flying P-51's for a total of 8 aerial victories in WWII.
(Citation Needed) - SYNOPSIS: James O. Tyler, United States Army Air Forces, was awarded the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry in action against the enemy while serving with the NINTH Air Force in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.
WWII - European Theater of Operations/North Apennines Campaign (1944-45)
From Month/Year
September / 1944
To Month/Year
April / 1945
Description (North Apennines Campaign 10 September 1944 to 4 April 1945) In Italy during the fall and winter of 1944-1945 the Allies used their air power against the enemy’s communications as ground forces beat against the Gothic Line north of the Arno. Although little progress was made on the ground, the action in the Apennines tied down a large German army at a time when those troops could have been used in decisive campaigns being directed against Germany by the Allies in the west and the Russians on the east.
