James Edward Robinson (1919 - 1944)

Born 5 Jan 1919 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Died 29 Jun 1944 at age 25 in Oschersleben, Saxony, Germany

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2LT James Robinson was Killed in Action during World War II.

Biography

James served as a Second Lieutenant & Bombardier on B-24J "Belle Of The East" #42-110187, 789th Bomber Squadron, 467th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.

He resided Angelina County, Texas prior to the war.

B-24J #42-110187 took off, with a crew of 9, from Station 145, Rackheath, England on a bombing mission over Oschersleben, Germany.

Over the target they were hit by ground anti-aircraft fire and eventually exploded and crashed near Oschersleben. There was only one survivor from the crew.

James was "Killed In Action" in this crash during the war.

He was awarded the Air Medal and a Purple Heart.

He was originally interred overseas and was later repatriated here on December 5, 1950.

Service # O-754771

The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldiers & sailors were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.

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Airmen who perished on B-24J #42-110187:

Davis, Harris P ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, AL Fisher, Robert C ~ S/Sgt, Engineer, NJ Greble, William E ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, NY Hudson, Donald H ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, IL Kennedy, Joseph J ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, NY Murphy, John J ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, RI Robinson, James E ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, TX Van Veen, Francis P ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, DE

The pilot, 2nd Lt. William H. Counts became a POW of the German Army and survived the war.

Burial

Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA ^[1]

Bennett Cemetery Apple Springs, Trinity County, Texas, USA ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3305373/james-edward-robinson: accessed 06 January 2024), memorial page for 2LT James Edward Robinson (5 Jan 1919–29 Jun 1944), Find A Grave: Memorial #3305373, citing Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Theresa/Thunderbird (contributor 47100429).
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9954649/james-edward-robinson: accessed 06 January 2024), memorial page for 2LT James Edward “Bandy” Robinson (5 Jan 1919–29 Jun 1944), Find A Grave: Memorial #9954649, citing Bennett Cemetery, Apple Springs, Trinity County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Bobby (contributor 46487983).

• "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2J4-7BG : Mon Oct 30 11:52:12 UTC 2023), Entry for Robinson and Sid Robinson, 05 Jan 1919.

• "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCMG-8KZ : accessed 21 Jun 2014), Sid Robinson, Lufkin, Angelina, Texas, United States; citing sheet 29B, family 651, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1821773.

• "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/HGJR-8N2 : accessed 21 Jun 2014), Sidney Robinson, Lufkin, Angelina, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0005, sheet 3A, family 41, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 2288.

• "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KWN8-LC3 : accessed 21 Jun 2014), Sidney Robinson, Ward 4, Lufkin, Justice Precinct 1, Angelina, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 3-6, sheet 6B, family 126, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 3978.

• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMKV-MRW : accessed 30 October 2015), James E Robinson, enlisted 02 Jun 1943, Houston, Texas, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.