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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39603073
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33115223
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-23372
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot, Pilot, Mission
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-430046
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34175666
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
Places
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