A Veteran's Story - James Dibble

James Dibble's nephews will present their video chronicling the journey of discovery, see parts of the plane and learn more about this homegrown military hero from his mystery-solving family.

A Hastings, MI resident, James was a WWII P-38 fighter pilot who died serving his country. He graduated from Hastings High School in 1939 He married his high school sweetheart. He trained to work in bakeries, but.... he became a fighter pilot in 1942.  He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross. He was shot down in Italy in 1943 on his 49th mission.

Learn about the long journey to find the truth, how Jim and his brother Ted located James' crash site and how he received a posthumous Distinguished Flying Cross. Watch a video chronicling the journey of discovery, see parts of the plane and learn more about this homegrown military hero.