Military
Jim Jones, a tail gunner of the 388th Bomb Group in position inside his B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30595, nicknamed "Gremlin Gus II". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Jim Jones, T/G of Gremlin Gus. Haven't heard of at Veterans Association, Maryland.'
16 Sept 1943 mission to La Pallice, FR. in B-17 42-5904 'Gremlin Gus'. On return, crashed in Devonshire after scraping a hill top. Jones fell out of the escape hatch suffering slight injuries.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Waist Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
16 Sept 1943 mission to La Pallice, FR. in B-17 #42-5904 'Gremlin Gus'. On return, crashed in Devonshire after scraping a hill top. Cunningham was injured.
Military | Captain | Bombardier | 388th Bomb Group
WIA. 16 Sept 1943 mission to La Pallice, FR. in B-17 #42-5904 'Gremlin Gus'. On return, crashed in Devonshire after scraping a hill top. Lieutenant Dick lost a leg.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Flight Engineer | 388th Bomb Group
16 Sept 1943 mission to La Pallice, FR. in B-17 #42-5904 'Gremlin Gus'. On return, crashed in Devonshire after scraping a hill top.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
16 Sept 1943 mission to La Pallice, FR. in B-17 #42-5904 'Gremlin Gus'. On return, crashed in Devonshire after scraping a hill top.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 388th Bomb Group
Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. 16-Sep-43 mission to La Pallice. FR, in B-17 42-5904 'Gremlin Gus'. On return, crashed in Devonshire after scraping a hill top.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Military | Pilot | 388th Bomb Group
Military | Navigator | 388th Bomb Group
16 Sept 1943 mission to La Pallice. FR, in B-17 #42-5904 'Gremlin Gus'. On return, crashed in Devonshire after scraping a hill top.
Military | Private First Class | 384th Bomb Group
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
The 388th Bomb Group flew strategic bombing mission from Knettishall, Suffolk from June 1943 to the end of the war. During this time, though, detachments were sent to Fersfield, Norfolk to conduct Aphrodite missions. In these Aphrodite missions veteran...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 26/6/43; Smoky Hill 13/7/43; Kearney 16/7/43; Dow Fd 19/7/43; Assigned 560BS/388BG Knettishall 20/7/43; (34m) transferred Aphrodite project as OLIN'S 69'ERS; when War Weary, fuselage cut down and vehicle windshield fitted before open...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Long Beach 29/4/43; Sioux City 4/5/43; Roswell 26/5/43; Smoky Hill 12/6/43; Dow Fd 19/6/43; Assigned 560BS/388BG [--K] Knettishall 18/6/43; t/o La Pallice 16/9/43 due to poor weather, with Jarrendt, Co-pilot: ?, Navigator: Staples (Wounded in...
Military site : airfield
Knettishall was built to Class A standard for an American Bomb Group that would be bringing up to forty heavy bombers with them in three or four Squadrons. The 388th Bomb Group, which stayed at Knettishall for their entire service in the ETO, flew B-17...
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| Born | Baltimore, MD, USA | 1922 |
| Enlisted | Fort George G Meade, MD, USA | 9 August 1941 |
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National Guardsman |
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| 04 March 2020 22:03:42 | Al_Skiff | Changes to biography and awards |
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| 03 March 2020 19:39:06 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added a "-" and a space to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity. |
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| 20 April 2018 18:41:18 | CastleBren | Changes to middlename, nickname, service number, awards, events and person associations |
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388th Bomb Group Archives |
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| 15 September 2017 14:58:20 | Al_Skiff | Changes to highest rank, unit associations, aircraft associations and media associations |
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| 27 September 2014 18:14:21 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 285 |
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