Morris Marion Jones

Military

Morris M. Jones was Pilot of B-17 #42-5232 'Available Jones' of the 305th Bomber Group / 364th Bomber Squadron. Shot down 4 April 1943 in France.



Landing near Rouen, France, he was helped by French patriots in the region of Saint-Pierre-de-Vaudray before being guided to Paris by train, in company of guides and his Right Waist gunner Allen Fitzgerald.



The two men were separated in Paris and Jones was captured shortly thereafter, in early April. Prisoner of War (POW) in Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan, Poland. Was force-marched at the end of January 1945 from there, arriving at Stalag 7A at Moosburg, Germany. That camp was liberated by troops of Gen. George Patton on 29 April 1945.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Miles Lewis Cooley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39303959
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Robert Fabec

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18026632 and O-726136
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Allen Michael Fitzgerald

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32310842
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

John George Hollenbeck

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12044600
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

William H Johnson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15071759
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-5232

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Available Jones
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Nebraska, United States 7 January 1921

Enlisted

Fort Riley, Kansas, United States 11 July 1941 in the Air Corps as an Aviation Cadet

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Sagan, Poland 4 April 1943 - 29 April 1945 Initially managed to evade capture through the help of French citizens, was captured in Paris a few days after the mission. Interned at Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan, Poland. Force-marched from there to Stalag 7A in Moosburg, Germany. Liberated there by US troops on 29 April 1945. NARA WWII POW records "Returned to Military control 28 June 1945."

Buried

Reedley, California 19 March 2002

Died

Reedley, California, United States 19 April 2002
Jefferson County, Nebraska, United States

Revisions

Date
ContributorJonesy
Changes
Sources

Information found in my father's s Army Air Corp trunk and online.

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Brought in source from duplicate record: 305th Bomb Group Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Date
ContributorED-BB
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Sources

MACR 15592
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records

Date
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15592 / MACR15592, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p 99,NARA web site / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database