Linwood F Jones
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) on 26-Feb-43 in B-24D 41-23777 'Maisey', 44BG/66BS while serving as Right Waist Gunner. The aircraft was attacked by German fighters, exploded in mid-air and crashed near Willbroksmoor, Germany. NY Times war correspondent Robert Post was aboard.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Maisie
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 26 February 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
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Buried |
Buried originally by the Germans in the Evangelical Parish Cemetery at Bad Zwischenahn, Germany. Re-interred in the Ardennes American Cemetery in the same plot and row as his crew mates and after the war his remains were repatriated to Greenville, South Carolina. | ||
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
26 February 1943 | Killed when the aircraft was attacked by fighters, exploded in mid-air and crashed near Willbroksmoor, Germany. |
Revisions
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
Lee Cunningham 21-Jun-2015. Added decorations and Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records; MACR 16067; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added KIA event and location; Added A/C model number and Unit designations in Biography. Added loss details in Summary Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; and MACR 16067.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16067 / MACR 16067, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 81, The 44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties by Lundy pp. p. 52-54, The Writing 69th by Jim Hamilton p. 156 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database