Junny Oliver Jackson
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA). Died May 28, 1944 on Mission 376 on his 9th mission over Germany. A/C was strafed and was going down. Pilot Lt William J Condon ordered all to bail out. Junny manned the upper turret to keep off German fighters to allow crew to bailout. Navigator went back on orders from pilot to ascertain all had bailed out saw Junny coming down from upper turret and while putting on his parachute was killed by strafing German fighter. Junny was killed instantly. This account was from a letter to my grandmother from the navigator who witnessed the incident.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16135342 / O-809929
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Round Trip
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
23 August 1922 | Son of William Albert and Bertha Ellen [Messer] Jackson. | |
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Enlisted Killed in Action (KIA) |
4 February 1943 | Camp Croft South Carolina | |
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Died |
28 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Dessau 28-May-44 strafed putting on chute killed instantly. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5333 | |
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Based |
28 May 1944 | Assigned to 508BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Buried |
East LaPorte Cemetery East Laport Jackson County NC |
Revisions
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
I am the nephew of SSgt. Junny Oliver Jackson (being named after him) Some information I have put in is from letters and clippings in newspapers at the time.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5333 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / www.351st.org/ken.harbour/