Awards of the Distinguished Flying Cross

27 July 1944

HEADQUARTERS 1ST AIR DIVISION
Office of the Commanding General
APO 557

27 July 1944

GENERAL ORDERS
NO. 205

Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross Section I

Under the provisions of Army Regulations 600-45, 22 September 1943; as amended and pursuant to authority contained in letter, Hq Eighth Air Force, File 200.6, 1 June 1944, subject, “Awards and Decorations,” the DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS is awarded to the following-named officer.

JAMES B. DOLLAR, 0-809933, 1ST Lieutenant, 602nd Bombardment Squadron, 398th Bombardment Group (H), Army Air Forces, United States Army. For extraordinary achievement while serving as Pilot of a B-17 airplane on a number of combat bombardment missions over Germany and German occupied countries. Home address: Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

By command of Major General Williams:

BARTLETT BEAMAN,
Brigadier General, U. S. Army,
Chief of Staff

OFFICIAL:
ROBERTS P. JOHNSON
Lieutenant Colonel
Adjutant General

 

The above is an extract of 398th personnel from General Order 205.

Transcribed April 2005 by Dawne Dougherty.

See also:

1. 398th Individual Awards - an index to all 398th Individual Awards
2. 398th Bomb Group Distinguished Flying Cross Awards List
3. 398th Bomb Group Oak Leaf Cluster to the DFC Awards List

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