Jack Burton Fawcett
Military
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UPL 36975
"Major Shumake and Captain Gamble with lead crew on bombing mission to Dijon-Longvic, France, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, England. 6 February 1944."
Rear L-R: Capt Jack B. Fawcett, Maj Glyn F Shumake, Capt Donald Gamble, Capt Norman Nels Jacobsen, 1Lt Hobart H Steely
Front L-R: S/Sgt Francis H Stender, S/Sgt Norvile Vaughn, S/Sgt David L Wilson, T/Sgt Hugh N Bland, S/Sgt Norman M Clark, T/Sgt Richard G Scharch
Rear L-R: Capt Jack B. Fawcett, Maj Glyn F Shumake, Capt Donald Gamble, Capt Norman Nels Jacobsen, 1Lt Hobart H Steely
Front L-R: S/Sgt Francis H Stender, S/Sgt Norvile Vaughn, S/Sgt David L Wilson, T/Sgt Hugh N Bland, S/Sgt Norman M Clark, T/Sgt Richard G Scharch
Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 32 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The 8 Ball MK II
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 9 March 1944
- Date: 25 February 1944
- Date: 11 January 1944
- Date: 8 October 1943
- Date: 6 September 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Brush, Morgan County, CO | 26 November 1921 | |
Enlisted |
20 March 1942 | ||
Other Discharged USAAF |
2 November 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Greeley, Weld County, CO | 18 March 2014 | |
Buried |
Brush Memorial Cemetery, Brush, CO | 21 March 2014 | Brush Memorial Cemetery Brush, Morgan County, CO |
Based |
Shipdham | Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster