Jack A Spaulding

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Object Number - UPL 65252 - 1st Lt Jack A. Spaulding

On 13 January 1943 in B-17 41-244898 while serving as Co-Pilot the aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with B-17 41-24471 "Four of a Kind" just north of the target at Lille, France. He was killed in the collision. Killed in Action (KIA).

 

Awards: PH.

Connections

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19063626
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18060194
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Gordon Grant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-726153
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron 423rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14054282 and O-438511
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-727025
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Terry and the Pirates
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Casper, Wyoming 6 June 0920 BornCasper, Wyoming

Enlisted

Fort Francis E Warren Cheyenne Wyoming 15 August 1941 EnlistedFort Francis E Warren Cheyenne Wyoming

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Marcq-en-Baroeul, France 13 January 1943 Killed in Action (KIA)Marcq-en-Baroeul, France

Buried

Highland Cemetery Casper, Wyoming 1 June 1949 Re-InterredHighland CemeteryCasper, Wyoming

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 20-Jan-2015. Made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; Edited Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; added crew position and SN per MACR 15634.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 63, MACR 15502

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