George W Jones Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 505FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission to Madgeburg in P-51D 44-11204, hit by return fire, engine failing, baled out too low and chute didn't fully inflate before he hit the ground at Meckohn. Killed in Action (KIA). 3-Mar-45. MACR 12896.
Awards: AM (5OLC), EAME (1 x Battle Star), 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
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
17 August 1924 | ||
Other Killed in action |
Möckern, Germany | 3 March 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission to Madgeburg in P-51D 44-11204, hit by return fire, engine failing, baled out too low and chute didn't fully inflate before he hit the ground at Meckohn. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 12896. |
Lenoir City, TN, USA | |||
Buried |
Re-Interred Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia | ||
Based |
Fowlmere | 3 March 1945 | Assigned to 505FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx, MACR 10203
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12896