Duane Leroy Jones

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 23-Nov-42 in B-17 41-24503 'Pandora's Box' while serving as Pilot. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 16162

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-727075
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36305914
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17015920
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-433981
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier, Bombardier; Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19039467
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pandora's Box
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Wichita, KS 8 February 1941 Wichita, Kansas

Died

30 miles NW St Nazaire, France 23 November 1942 - 23 November 1942 Ditched in B-17 41-24503 30 miles NW of St Nazaire. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 16162

Born

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK

Based

Bassingbourn 23 November 1942 Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Ancestry.com Jones Family

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Duane L. Jones Family

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connected with other crew members

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Lee Cunningham 30-Nov-2014. Added KIA event per MACR 16162; added Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record.

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Lee Cunningham 5-Nov-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 16162.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16162 / MACR 16162, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. One by Bishop and Hey, p. 48 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database