Floyd Jones Jr

Military
media-20976.jpeg UPL 20976 Back Row (viewer's left to right):
2nd Lt. Willard Hadjes, Pilot
F/O Homer R. Kuck, Co-Pilot
John A. Hiller, Bombardier
Richard E. Howell, Navigator
Front Row (viewer's left to right):
Jack H. Brady, Crew Chief
Frank Pescia
S/Sgt. Joseph Ferraiuolo, Radio/Gunner
John B. Lindsay, Engineer/Waist Gunner
Sgt. Floyd Jones, Jr., Ball Turret Gunner
Sgt. James A. Johnson, Gunner 3
Sgt. Robert B. Gibb, Engineer Gunner Nuthampstead Airfield Museum collection

398th Bomb Group Collection via Nuthampstead Airfield Museum.

Object Number - UPL 20976 - Back Row (viewer's left to right): 2nd Lt. Willard Hadjes, Pilot F/O Homer R. Kuck, Co-Pilot John A. Hiller, Bombardier Richard E. Howell,...

Shot down at Bavendorf on 6/18/44 in B-17 42-102391



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Units served with

The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.

398th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-102391

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron

42-97368

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tailwind
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 398th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron 601st Bomb Squadron

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Events

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Prisoner of war

18 June 1944

Born

Senath, Missouri

Revisions

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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MACR 5998

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Contributoremma simpson
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398th Bomb Group Collection via Nuthampstead Airfield Museum.

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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 / MACR 5998

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Object number: UPL 20976 - Back Row (viewer's left to right): 2nd Lt. Willard...