Edward C Jones Jr

Military
media-50504.jpeg UPL 50504 1st Lt Edward C Jones Jr, 744BS, 456BG

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 50504 - 1st Lt Edward C Jones Jr, 744BS, 456BG

Assigned to 744BS, 456BG, 15 AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Shell Oil Refinery, Budapest 2-Jul-44; attacked and mauled by Fw190‘s. Pilot signalled to abandon the crippled plane, A/C exploded. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6439



Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-94866) nicknamed "Red Hot Riding Hood" of the 490th Bomb Group at Eye. This aircraft was transferred to the 15th Air Force in December 1944, where it served with the 456th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Unit: 456th Bomb Group 744th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18193939
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 456th Bomb Group 744th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14063777
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 456th Bomb Group 744th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-712805
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 456th Bomb Group 744th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11014717
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Photographer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 456th Bomb Group 744th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14162032
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Emperor Jones
  • Unit: 456th Bomb Group 744th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Vicinity Budapest, Hungary 2 July 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Shell Oil Refinery, Budapest 2-Jul-44; attacked and mauled by Fw190‘s. Pilot signalled to abandon the crippled plane, A/C exploded. KIA MACR 6439

Born

Buried

Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial St Avold, France Plot D Row 38 Grave 21

Based

Stornara 2 July 1944 Assigned to 744BS, 456BG, 15 AF USAAF.

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