Shedrick Evans Jones
MilitaryHe was assigned to the James A. Johnston crew. Reported to group on 19 Jun 1942.
On 13 January 1943 in B-17F 41-24471 'Four of a Kind' while serving as Bombardier the aircraft was involved in a mid-air collision with B-17F 41-24498 306BF/369BS and broke in two just north of the target of Lille, France. He was thrown clear, parachuted safely, and was captured. Prisoner of War (POW)
POW, AM
Connections
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20622635 and O-725983
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18002305 and O-406692
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Four of a Kind
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Missions
- Date: 13 January 1943
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
San Antonio, Texas | 8 June 1920 | |
Enlisted |
San Antonio, Texas, United States | 2 January 1942 | as an Aviation Cadet in the Air Corps |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 13 January 1943 - 12 June 1945 | Held at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan-Silesia (now Poland) moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 12-Jun-45. |
Died |
Frisco, Texas, United States | 4 November 2008 | |
Buried |
Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Texas, United States |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 15502 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Lee Cunningham 19-Jan-2015. Made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission, added decorations within existing website data; Added POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; Added mid-air event and details to Description per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE, also reference MACR 15502.
306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; MACR 15502, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 63; First Over Germany page 63, NARA, 306th BGA Collection, Russell Strong Index Cards, Combat Crews / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pi…