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- The Courier Times, Roxboro, North Carolina, Monday, 1 April 1946
James T. Bass Remains Found
Word has been received here that the remains of Sergeant James T. Bass, 26, of the Army Air Forces, have been found in the vicinity of Norfolk, England, and will be given a military funeral.
Sgt. Bass, brother of Alex Bass of Roxboro, was repoted missing in action in August 1944. A year later, in accordance with Army regulations, since no evidence that he was alive had been found, he was presumed deat and so listed on official records.
Although his home was in Mayesville, S.C., he spent much time in Roxboro, and attended Roxboro High School. He entered the Army in the fall of 1940, and had been overseas for about one yar when he was reported missing.
It is believed that his plane fell in mountainous terrain, since the remains were not discovered for 18 months.
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James Terry Bass was a Technical Sergeant in the United States Army Air Forces - 787th Bomber Squadron, 466th Bomber Group, Heavy; service number 14020893.
He entered the Service from South Carolina
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Tech Sergeant James Terry Bass, born in 1917, was the youngest son of Fleetwood Jennings and Lois Gertrude (Terry) Bass from Mayesville, Sumter County, South Carolina. He left a wife in Tampa Florida.
In the 1920 census, 3 year-old James is not listed in the household of 52 year-old widower Fleetwood Bass living on Lafayette Street in Mayesville. James?? mother Lois Gertrude died at age 37 on 11 July 1917 of uremia and complications of pregnancy, likely in childbirth with James. Baby James may have been with relatives for the first few years of his life. His father was a salesman in a drug store. By the 1930 census James is living with his 62 year-old father and four older siblings in Mayesville. His father is a butcher in a meat market.
James enlisted in the Army Air Corp on December 6, 1940 at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina. He had four years of high school and was semi-skilled in the repair of motor vehicles.
The 466th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators from Attlebridge, Norfolk, during the last year of the war in Europe. The Group flew 232 missions in the course of the year and celebrated the 100th one by inviting local people onto the base to mark the occasion. The Group flew missions against strategic objectives like U-boat installations in Kiel, ball bearing works in Berlin, aircraft factories in Munich and oil refineries in Hamburg.
Tech Sgt Bass was the flight engineer on B24H Liberator 41-28747 ??Gruesome Goose?. ??Gruesome Goose? while on a mission to bomb the Mourmelon-Sur-Marne Ammuniton Dump in France ditched over the Channel with the loss of all ten on board. It was reported missing in action on August 12, 1944 during the mission to Mourmelon-sur-Marne, and an MACR was issued, but no details on the location. The crew of ten were all recovered dead and buried at Madingley, Cambridgeshire. Only the engineer, T/Sgt J T Bass could be positively identified, the others were buried in a Group Grave, S-6-5. Bass is still there, but the remaining crewmen were taken home for burial in Jefferson Barracks Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, post-war.
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James T. Bass
Tech Sergeant James Terry Bass, born in 1917, was the youngest son of Fleetwood Jennings and Lois Gertrude (Terry) Bass from Mayesville, Sumter County, South Carolina. He left a wife in Tampa Florida.
In the 1920 census, 3 year-old James is not listed in the household of 52 year-old widower Fleetwood Bass living on Lafayette Street in Mayesville with Fleetwood Jr. 17, Catherine 15, Alex 11, Robert 9, Lois 8, and Mary 7. James? mother Lois Gertrude died at age 37 on 11 July 1917 of Uremia and complications of pregnancy, likely in childbirth with James. Baby James may have been with relatives for the first few years of his life. His father was a salesman in a drug store. By the 1930 census 12 year-old (almost 13) James is living with his 62 year-old father and four older siblings in Mayesville. His father is a butcher in a meat market.
James enlisted in the Army Air Corp 6 Dec 1940 at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina. He?d had 4 years of high school and was semi-skilled in the repair of motor vehicles. He was single without dependents.
The 466th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators from Attlebridge, Norfolk, during the last year of the war in Europe. The Group flew 232 missions in the course of the year and celebrated the 100th one by inviting local people onto the base to mark the occasion. The Group flew missions against strategic objectives like U-boat installations in Kiel, ball bearing works in Berlin, aircraft factories in Munich and oil refineries in Hamburg.
TSgt Bass was the flight engineer on B24H Liberator 41-28747 ?Gruesome Goose?. ?Gruesome Goose? while on a mission to bomb the Mourmelon-Sur-Marne Ammuniton Dump in France ditched over the Channel with the loss of all 10 on board. It was reported MIA on 12 August 1944 during the mission to Mourmelon-sur-Marne, and an MACR was issued, but no details on the location. The crew of 10 (pilot 2nd Lt Philip R Hammond) were all recovered dead and buried at Madingley. Cambs,. Only the Engineer, T/Sgt J T Bass could be positively identified, the others were buried in a Group Grave, S-6-5. Bass is still there, but the remaining crewmen were taken home for burial in Jefferson Barracks Cemetery, St Louis, Missouri, post-war.
Gravesite Details Entered the service from South Carolina.
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Bassett Family Association Database
Abt 1917 - 1944 (27 years)