41-24515 Marie Jane, Jersey Bounce
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 4281 - The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (JJ-F, serial number 41-24515) nicknamed "Target for Tonite", of the 422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group ....
Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-H] Bangor 2-Sep-42; Bassingbourn 26-Sep-42; Missing in Action (KIA) 24+m Wilhelmshaven, Germany 21-May-43. Aircraft sustained damage from flak & enemy aircraft, crashed into the North Sea, 10KIA Missing Air Crew Report 3458 (4439?). (Actually completed 25 missions two weeks before Memphis Belle but Hollywood overuled this ship !) MARIE JANE aka JERSEY BOUNCE.
P 1LT Philip S. Fischer (KIA); CP 1LT Charles W. Freschauf (KIA)
N 2LT Rollin P. Ball (KIA); B 1LT John W. Joslin, Jr. (KIA)
E/TTG Herbert H. Harvey (KIA); RO SSGT Mark W. Margason (KIA)
BTG SSGT Robert W. Cole (KIA); WG SSGT Willard O. Simpson (KIA)
WG SSGT Sidney L. Kohn (KIA) TG SSGT Jearld H. Jones (KIA)
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places
Missions
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
North Sea | 21 May 1943 | Sustained damage from fighter attacks and AA over the target and crashed into the North Sea on return. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 23-Jun-2015 Added Markings, FTR event and edited Description per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE, made connections to Place and Mission wihtin existing website data; Added crew position, rank full proper name and dispositon of all crew and formatted crew display per MACR 3458.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3458 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database