Jack Burke Cornett

Military

Assigned to 359FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).





Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

44-72432

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 359th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Beggs, OK, USA 15 March 1920 Son of John B and Floy Lee [Jeffries] Cornett.

Enlisted

Oklahoma City, OK, USA 2 November 1942

Based

Martlesham Heath 22 August 1944 Assigned to 359FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Tulsa, OK, USA 16 January 1985

Other

End Tour of Duty (ETD)

England, UK Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).

Other

Promotion

Martlesham Heath, Martlesham, Ipswich, UK Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Other

Promotion

Martlesham Heath, Martlesham, Ipswich, UK Promoted to Captain.

Buried

Memorial Park Cemetery Tulsa, Tulsa County, OK Memorial Park Cemetery Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/133359504
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131580744/jack-b-cornett

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ContributorHotelie1970
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Sources

General Order 591 from Headquarters 1st Bombardment Division, Office of the Commanding General, by Command of Brigadier General Turner, dated 6 December 1944.

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131580744/jack-b-cornett

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

356 FG Assoc data / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list