James Chambers and Flight Crew

Subject: 
World War, 1939-1945.; Military; Chambers, James
Date: 
ca. 1942-1943
Archives: 
Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Archives email contact: 
samhoustoncenter@tsl.texas.gov
Description: 

James Chambers and his flight crew in front of their B-17. Chambers is front row, first on the right. Chambers completed training as a bombardier at the U.S. Army Air Force Bombardier School in Big Spring, Texas in 1942 and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Force. Chambers served with the Eighth Air Force’s 306th Bombardment Group. (James Chambers Collection, 1999.237)