Atlantic Ocean – August 23, 1944
Ensign James C. Graham, (22), of Bowling Green, Kentucky, was lost on a training mission over the Atlantic Ocean on August 23, 1944. The details of the incident, and the type of aircraft he was flying, are not known.
Ensign Graham attended Western Kentucky University from 1939 to July of 1942 when he enlisted in the navy. He attended pre-flight school in Athens, Georgia, before attending primary flight training at Memphis, Tennessee. He completed his training at Pensacola, Florida. At the time of his death he was stationed at the Charlestown Naval Auxiliary Air Station in Charlestown, Rhode Island.
Ensign Graham is buried in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46486655/james-crouse-graham
Sources:
The Park City Daily News, (Ky.), “Our men In Service”, June 2, 1943
College Heights Herald, (Ky.), “James C. Graham”, November 5, 1943.
College Heights Herald, “In Memoriam “, December 7, 1945.
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