Arthur Ariail Jones
MilitaryTail Gunner. Horr Crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 22 June 1943 in B-17#42-30016 'Iron Gut Gert'. Mission #1 - Antwerp, Belgium. First 381st BG mission. MACR 134. Shot down by Major Josef 'Pips' Priller of STAB/JG26 in an FW190A-6. Prisoner of War at Stalag VIIA and Stalag XVIIB.
Greenville, SC
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-734915
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-350725
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15120056
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-672430
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Greenville, SC, USA | 21 April 1922 | |
Enlisted |
Ft Jackson, Columbia, SC, USA | 16 September 1942 | |
Based |
Ridgewell | 7 June 1943 - 22 June 1943 | |
Other Prisoner of War |
Stalag Luft VIIA, Moosburg, Austria | 22 June 1943 - 13 October 1943 | |
Other Prisoner of War |
Stalag Luft XVIIB, Krems, Austria | 13 October 1943 | |
Died |
17 December 2003 | ||
Buried |
Woodlawn Memorial Park, Greenville, SC, USA |
Revisions
All entries by ARowe95 were from:
381st BGMS
532nd Bomb Squadron War Diary
242nd Medical Detachment Diary
MACR 134
Fold.3
Find-A-Grave.com
They Came from Over the Pond - David Osborne
The Might Men of the 381st - James Good Brown
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 134 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database