Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 4-Jul-43 in B-17 42-30051. Prisoner of War (POW). 

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

Post war:  After the war, Jack returned to Bar Harbor and married his fiancée, Frances Bannon Goss, on 17-Jul-45. He continued his service in the Air Force and served as a flight engineer on a B-29 during the Korean War. On one mission, his plane was hit, and a fire severely burned his hands and face. Though in shock, he helped land the plane using only his forearms. He spent nearly two years in a burn unit and underwent 14 skin graft operations to repair his burned face. Mr. Goss continued his service in the Air Force, and in 1959 was among the first group of men to be awarded the newly established rank of chief master sergeant. He was then assigned to the crew of Air Force One. He remained on that assignment as flight engineer for the terms of presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson. During that time he flew dignitaries from the United States and foreign nations around the world.