Robert N Jones

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

media-29615.jpeg UPL 29615 2nd Lt Robert N Jones , 78th FG

Collection: MOSELEY, L L and Family

Object Number - UPL 29615 - 2nd Lt Robert N Jones , 78th FG

37 missions. Killed in Action (KIA) 1 September 1944 in P-47 42-26543.

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From left to right: Captain Walker L. Boone, Flight Officer Manuel S. Martinez and Flight Officer Gerry E. Brasher, pilots of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, sit on the bonnet of a jeep at Duxford air base. Passed for publication 28 October 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'Thunderbolts - the "Guardian Angels" of Flying Fortresses. Here are pictures of Thunderbolts P-47s, the famous American fighter planes, which escort Flying Fortresses on their daylight missions over Occupied Europe. Pho

78th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

83rd Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

42-26543

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born		1 August 1923
Other Killed in Action (KIA)		1 September 1944

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Born

1 August 1923

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

1 September 1944

Revisions

Date8 Mar 2024 12:17:57

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Newspapers

Date8 Mar 2024 12:05:19

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National Archives

Date27 Sep 2014 18:23:56

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C. E. Behrens, MACR 8547 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8547 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list