Delivered Geiger 301BG 28/4/42; Assigned 11AF Bronze 6/6/42; Ft Glen, Alaska 29/6/42; Written off Umnak 18/7/42.

Jack Marks, Flying Fortress 41-9146 on 16 July 1942, was killed over Kiska with Harold E. Mitts, John B. Giddens, John E. Cane, Edward P. Dwelis, Hubert D.Smith, Robert G. Brown, Theodore Alleckson and Consetto Castagna.



Captain Marks and 1st Lt Mitts were killed on 17 July 1942, while flying a B-17E, which was shot down by "Rufes" (Zeros on floats) over Kiska. The plane fell into the ocean, and no bodies were recovered.