Everett R Jones Jr

Military
media-6602.jpeg UPL 6602 Captain Everett R. Jones

466th BG Archives

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

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Units served with

Missions

  • Date: 5 October 1944
  • Date: 11 September 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Louisville, KY, USA 28 July 1918

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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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Lead Crew Mission

Munich, Germany 21 July 1944 Deputy Combat Wing Lead Pilot - 96th CBW

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Bremen, Germany 29 July 1944 Deputy Combat Wing Lead Pilot - 96th CBW

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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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Paderborn, Germany 5 October 1944 Combat Wing Lead Pilot - 96th CBW

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Osnabrück, Germany 12 October 1944 Deputy Division Lead Pilot - 2nd Air Division

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Kaiserslautern, Germany 14 October 1944 Group Lead Pilot - 466th BG

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Gelsenkirchen, Germany 25 October 1944 Squadron Lead Pilot - 466th BG

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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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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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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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Hanau, Germany 10 November 1944 Group Lead Pilot - 466th BG

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Bottrop, Germany 11 November 1944 Squadron Lead Pilot - 467th BG

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Aachen, Germany 16 November 1944 Group Lead Pilot - 466th BG

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Bingen, Germany 25 November 1944 Group Lead Pilot - 467th BG

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Bielefeld, Germany 26 November 1944 Group Lead Pilot - 458th BG

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Bielefeld, Germany 29 November 1944 Group Plead Pilot - 458th BG

Enlisted

Bingen, Germany 1 December 1944 Combat Wing Lead Pilot - 86th CBW

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Bingen, Germany 10 December 1944 Combat Wing Lead Pilot - 96th CBW

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54568 Gerolstein, Germany 24 December 1944 Deputy Group Lead Pilot - 458th BG

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Neuwied, Germany 30 December 1944 Division Lead Pilot - 2nd Air Division

Died

Revisions

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Contributor466thHistorian
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Sources

466th BG Archives - Report on Mission No 135 Castrop, Germany 2 November 1944
NARA research by Brad Sullivan

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Contributor466thHistorian
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466th BG - Everett Jones Papers - Copy of recommendation for award of the Distinguished Flying Cross

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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

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ContributorLucy May
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Added awards to Awards field.

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Contributor466thHistorian
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466th BG Historian

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Contributor466thHistorian
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466th BG Historian

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Contributor466thHistorian
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Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom

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ContributorLucy May
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ContributorLucy May
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As told to me by Bill Campbell. Bill's entry is here: http://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/225941

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ContributorAAM
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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

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