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Personal info

Full name
STEVENS, James Donald
Date of birth
7 September 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Flat Creek, Bedford County, Tennessee
Hometown
Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
O-427670
Rank
Captain
Function
Pilot
Unit
401st Fighter Squadron,
370th Fighter Group
Awards
Air Medal

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
20 March 1945
Place of death
Vierlingsbeek, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 10 10

Immediate family

Members
Ira Y. Stevens (father)
Alberta B. (Hix) Stevens (mother)
Robert W. Stevens (brother)

More information

Capt James D. Stevens attended college.

He joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army as an aviation cadet at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, on 11 February 1941.

He was killed in a training accident.

According to the book 'The 370th Fighter Group in World War II' by Jay Jones, Capt James D. Stevens was on a training flight in a P-51 when British anti-aircraft gunners near Venlo, The Netherlands, mistakenly opened fire and shot him down.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.armyairforces.com, www.archives.gov, wwiimemorial, book 'The 370th Fighter Group in World War II' by Jay Jones

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Arie-Jan van Hees, Pilot Class Book 41-G, Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, Family