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(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: First Lieutenant James F. Nevill (AFSN: FR-41897/1909628), United States Air Force, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving with the 182d Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 49th Fighter-Bomber Group, FIFTH Air Force, in Korea, in 1952.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Air Force

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant

    Batallion:

    182d Fighter-Bomber Squadron

    Regiment:

    49th Fighter-Bomber Group

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (North Korea)

    Action Date:

    May 20, 1952 – September 2, 1953
    NARA Database: Repatriated Korean Conflict Prisoners of War, 7/5/1950 – 10/6/1954

    First Lieutenant James F. Nevill (ASN: 0-1909628), United States Air Force, was captured by communist forces after he was shot down over North Korea on 20 May 1972, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his release on 2 September 1953, during Operation Big Switch at the end of the war.

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Air Force

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant

    Batallion:

    182d Fighter-Bomber Squadron

    Regiment:

    49th Fighter-Bomber Group

    Division:

    5th Air Force

    Action Date:

    Korean War
    Headquarters, 5th Air Force, General Orders No. 163 (March 16, 1952)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: First Lieutenant James F. Nevill (AFSN: FR-41897/1909628), United States Air Force, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving with the 182d Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 49th Fighter-Bomber Group, FIFTH Air Force, in Korea, in 1952.