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James M. STEWART
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2° AIR DIVISION
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453 BG - PAU - Pont Long
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I do know that on that mission Major Cofield, the Group Operations Officer was lost when the Lien Crew was shot down with its aircraft.
The void left by Major Cofield was filled by Major James M. Stewart, who before the war was a well known movie actor.
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Ken NELLIS - 453rd BG
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453rd BG
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Col. Stewart décoré de la Croix de Guerre par le Général cinq étoiles. Martial Valin. Cdt. en Chef des Forces Aériennes Fançaises Libres, Compagnon de la Liberation, pour sa contribution dans la libération de la France.
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Military Career of James Maitland Stewart
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21 month over seas
20 combat missions
Six combat medals
Air Forces Reservist
Brigadier july 1959
Retired 1968
Decorations :
Distinguished Service Medal 1968
Presidential Medal of Freedom 1985
Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
American Defense Service Medal
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 3 Service World War II Victory Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal
French Croix de Guerre with Palm
Presidential Medal of Freedom
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