Duane Leroy Jones
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- 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
- Date: 23 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Brittany Cemetary
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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 |
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Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | ||
Based |
Bassingbourn | 23 November 1942 | Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56291142/duane-leroy-jones
Lee Cunningham 30-Nov-2014. Added KIA event per MACR 16162; added Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record.
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