Dixie G Jackson
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 48665 - Lt Dixie G Jackson on the wing of P-47 1-6222 'Mud Creeker', 82FS, 82FG.
Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Prior to joining the US Air Force as a fighter pilot, he served in the Royal Air Force where he flew Spitfires. Killed 14-Jul-43 while escorting bombers on a Le Bourget airfield raid in the Paris, France suburbs. Crashed near Amiens in P-47 41-6222 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 35
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Mud Creeker
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
17 April 1917 | Son of Lucian Bonneparte and Francis Louisa Braddleton [Hargis] Jackson | |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
14 July 1943 | Crashed near Amiens in P-47 41-6222. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 35 | |
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Buried |
Ringling Memorial Cemetery Ringling, Jefferson County, Oklahoma | ||
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Based |
14 July 1943 | Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- MACR 35;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database ;
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / EAGLES OF DUXFORD, The 78th Fighter Group in WW2 by Fry, p132
