Theodore Murray Jackson
Military ROLL OF HONOURRear L-R: Lt Theodore M Jackson, Lt Lawrence E Effinger, Capt John J Casello, 1Lt Jack B Fawcett, Major Walter K Shayler, Lt George Molnar.
Front L-R: T/Sgt Anthony Calco, S/Sgt Truly Ponder, S/Sgt Carlyle A Frost,T/Sgt Hugh S Carnathan, S/Sgt Johnnie E Gray.
Assigned to 360BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed shortly after takeoff on a local night training mission in B-17F 42-29930 'Miss Patricia'. 23-Oct-43. Died non Battle (DNB)
Awards: 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: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17061485 / O-737961
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Qui-nine the bitter dose, miss patricia
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 306th Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron 423rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Boston, MA | 22 July 1919 | Son of John Belcher "Murray" and Alice W [Weilhart] Jackson. |
Enlisted |
Boston, MA, USA | 17 March 1941 | Boston, Massachusetts |
Died |
Keyston, Huntingdon PE28 0RF, UK | 23 October 1943 | Crashed shortly after takeoff on a local night training mission in B-17F 42-29930 'Miss Patricia'. 23-Oct-43. Died non Battle (DNB) |
Buried |
24 October 1943 | Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot C Row 2 Grave 31 | |
Based |
Molesworth | 23 October 1943 | Assigned to 360BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasn.asp?SN=42-29930&Submit4=Go
https://www.fold3.com/record/85478773-theodore-m-jackson
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56290976/theodore-m-jackson
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 350