Euel Jenkins
Military
Rear L-R: 1st Lt. Lester Personeus Jr, F/O Charles J. Harpool, Lt Norbert A. Zwycke, Lt Wiiliam J. Byrd, T/Sgt William C. Reese Jr.
Front L-R: Sgt Roger M. Link, Sgt James O. Gillespie, Sgt George W. James, Sgt William J. Hess, Sgt Euel Jenkins.
Object Number - UPL 40132 - "Lt. Personeus and crew of the 305th Bomb Group based in England, shown beside their Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, "Nora 2nd". 28 May 1943." Rear...
Assigned to 422BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD
Awards: WWII AM, Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12027691 / O-47455
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Nora 2nd
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 306th Bomb Group 305th Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Smithville, Bastrop County, TX | 21 February 1914 | Son of Floyd and Lorena [Moore] Jenkins. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Sam Houston, TX | 15 May 1942 | Fort Sam Houston, Texas |
|
Other Discharged USAAF |
16 October 1944 | Honourably discharged. | |
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Died |
Bexar County, TX | 28 December 1998 | |
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Buried |
Oak Hill Cemetery, Smithville, TX | Oak Hill Cemetery Smithville, Bastrop County, TX | |
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Based |
Chelveston | Assigned to 422BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
| Smithville, Bastrop County, TX | At time of draft registration Loco driver on Missouri - Kansas - Texas Railroad. |
Revisions
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305th Bomb Group Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
