James H Macia

 | Died : 21 / 12 / 2009 |
| Lieutenant Colonel James H Macia (deceased)
Born in 1916, James Herbert Macia joined the USAAC in 1940, and was assigned in 1941 to the 89th Reconnaissance Squadron, 17th Bomber Group. He volunteered for what he knew only as a hazardous mission, which he later found out to be what became the famous Doolittle Raid on Tokyo. He was the Navigator/bombardier on plane #14. After the Tokyo raid, transferred to Europe for the rest of the war. Following the war, he became involved with the U-2 spyplane and joined the Air Force Security Service retiring in 1973. Sadly, he died on 21st December 2009. |