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James
Thomas
Fitzgerald
Jr.
POW (WWII), DNB (1948)

Born:

, 

Tennessee

James Fitzgerald graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of June 1943. One of the first supersonic pilots, he was killed in an air accident on September 20, 1948.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant (Air Corps)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Germany)

    Action Date:

    August 1944 – May 1945

    First Lieutenant (Air Corps) James Thomas Fitzgerald, Jr. (ASN: 0-26146), United States Army Air Forces, was captured by German forces after he was shot down on or about 8 August 1944, and was held as a Prisoner of War until the end of hostilities in May 1945.