David F Jewel Jr
Military
Fighter Pilot
55th FG - 38th FS
Object Number - UPL 22221 - Captain David F. Jewell Fighter Pilot 55th FG - 38th FS
67 bomber escort missions over Germany and enemy occupied territories.
DFC/ AM w/ 8 Oak Leaf Cluster
3 destroyed
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Miss Boomerang Margie
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Tulsa, Oklahoma | 9 July 1923 | |
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Other Combat Tour |
Wormingford, Colchester, Essex CO6, UK | 7 July 1944 | |
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Died Promoted |
Dalrock, Rowlett, TX 75088, USA | 1 May 2007 | |
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Buried |
Dallas, TX, USA | 4 May 2007 | Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery Dallas Dallas County Texas, USA Plot: Section 12 Site 620 |
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Buried |
Dallas, TX, USA | 4 May 2007 | Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery Dallas Dallas County Texas, USA Plot: Section 12 Site 620 |
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Buried |
Dallas, TX, USA | 5 May 2007 | Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery Dallas Dallas County Texas, USA Plot: Section 12 Site 620 |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / self
