Robert C Jewell
Military
Craig Jewell, Robert C. Jewell's son.
Object Number - UPL 16621 - S/SGT Robert C. Jewell, Tail Gunner, holding Vertical Stabilizer on ME-109 that was imbedded in the B-17 tail turret.
B-17G #43-38033 This B-17 went down on the crews 1st Mission, 2/9/1945. It crash landed in German occupied Rienne, Belgium. 1/2 of the crew parachuted out, S/SGT Jewell and the others went down with the B-17. All survived. The crew was hid by the resistance fighters until Belgium taken back by the allied forces.
B-17G #43-39126 This B-17 was the 1st A/C struck by the "Ramm Commandos" during the Parchem mission on 4/7/1945. It was S/SGT Jewell and the crews 27th and last mission. S/SGT Jewell and T/SG Jerome H. Carson received minors wounds. The A/C emergency landed in St. Trond, Belgium. This story was documented on the History Channel.
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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
Missions
- Date: 7 April 1945
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History
