Everett R Jones Jr
Military
Object Number - UPL 6602 - Captain Everett R. Jones
First entered the Signal Corps and then completed training as a multi-engine pilot. Flew B-24s with the 2nd AD including lead positions for the 96th Combat Wing and three different groups on twenty-two occasions. Later, also piloted the P-47 Thunderbolt. [Documents attached to database form. ]
Flew with Bill Campbell when they were both in the 466th Bomb Group.
DFC/ AM w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12074277
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer - Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs 458th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33438989
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Radar (H2X) Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Hubba Hubba!
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron 329th Bomb Squadron 784th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Sally
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 466th Bomb Group 487th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (466th Bomb Group)
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Paper Doll
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron 7th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 27 December 1944
- Date: 24 December 1944
- Date: 10 December 1944
- Date: 2 December 1944
- Date: 26 November 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Louisville, KY, USA | 28 July 1918 | |
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Other 466th BG Tour |
Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK | 17 July 1944 - 14 February 1945 | Completed a 21 mission tour with the 466th BG. Had trained as a lead crew and flown mission with the 44th BG prior to transferring to the 466th BG |
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Other Lead Crew Mission |
Munich, Germany | 21 July 1944 | Deputy Combat Wing Lead Pilot - 96th CBW |
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Other Lead Crew Mission |
Bremen, Germany | 29 July 1944 | Deputy Combat Wing Lead Pilot - 96th CBW |
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Other Lead Crew Mission |
Magdeburg, Germany | 11 September 1944 | Deputy Group Lead Pilot - 458th BG A/c received a direct flak hit in the bomb bay which set off the smoke marker bombs. The flaps and aileron controls on the right wing were severed at the same time. Jones kept his a/c in formation and his crew in place, dropping his bombs on the lead ship. He was then able to bring his seriously damaged ship back to base and land without further damage to his crew or a/c. |
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Other Lead Crew Mission |
Paderborn, Germany | 5 October 1944 | Combat Wing Lead Pilot - 96th CBW |
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Other Lead Crew Mission |
Osnabrück, Germany | 12 October 1944 | Deputy Division Lead Pilot - 2nd Air Division |
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Other Lead Crew Mission |
Kaiserslautern, Germany | 14 October 1944 | Group Lead Pilot - 466th BG |
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Other Lead Crew Mission |
Gelsenkirchen, Germany | 25 October 1944 | Squadron Lead Pilot - 466th BG |
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Other Lead Crew Mission |
Bottrop, Germany | 26 October 1944 | Squadron Lead Pilot - 466th BG Despite losing the turbo on the #1 engine early in the mission, Jones kept his a/c in the lead position and his group in perfect wing formation. At the time there was a shortage of radar equipped aircraft in the 96th CBW. His decision not to abort was critical to the missions success. |
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Other Lead Crew Mission |
Gelsenkirchen, Germany | 1 November 1944 | Squadron Lead Pilot - 466th BG Again lost a turbo during assembly. Jones chose not to abort and successfully lead his squadron to mission completion. |
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Other Lead Crew Mission |
Castrop-Rauxel, Germany | 2 November 1944 | Squadron Lead Pilot - 466th BG Lost oil pressure over the Zuider Zee in his #1 engine. With the engine feathered, Jones took his squadron directly to the target and lead a successful precision bomb run. |
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Other Lead Crew Mission |
Hanau, Germany | 10 November 1944 | Group Lead Pilot - 466th BG |
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Other Lead Crew Mission |
Bottrop, Germany | 11 November 1944 | Squadron Lead Pilot - 467th BG |
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Other Lead Crew Mission |
Aachen, Germany | 16 November 1944 | Group Lead Pilot - 466th BG |
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Other Lead Crew Mission |
Bingen, Germany | 25 November 1944 | Group Lead Pilot - 467th BG |
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Other Lead Crew Mission |
Bielefeld, Germany | 26 November 1944 | Group Lead Pilot - 458th BG |
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Other Lead Crew Mission |
Bielefeld, Germany | 29 November 1944 | Group Plead Pilot - 458th BG |
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Enlisted |
Bingen, Germany | 1 December 1944 | Combat Wing Lead Pilot - 86th CBW |
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Other Lead Crew Mission |
Bingen, Germany | 10 December 1944 | Combat Wing Lead Pilot - 96th CBW |
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Other Lead Crew Mission |
54568 Gerolstein, Germany | 24 December 1944 | Deputy Group Lead Pilot - 458th BG |
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Other Lead Crew Mission |
Neuwied, Germany | 30 December 1944 | Division Lead Pilot - 2nd Air Division |
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Died |
Revisions
466th BG Archives - Report on Mission No 135 Castrop, Germany 2 November 1944
NARA research by Brad Sullivan
466th BG - Everett Jones Papers - Copy of recommendation for award of the Distinguished Flying Cross
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from :
466TH BG Historian;
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia; http://www.458bg.com/754thcombatcrews.htm
Added awards to Awards field.
466th BG Historian
466th BG Historian
Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom
As told to me by Bill Campbell. Bill's entry is here: http://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/225941
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self & Page 310 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Co 1998 edition, D790.A2S45
