Jack Douglas Agee

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. On 27-Jan-44, while taxiing after landing from a training flight, the landing gear switch of B-17 42-31414 was placed in the up position instead of the flap switch. RTD.

Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-97073. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5311.

Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.

Connections

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

Vincent Joseph Kaminski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-802408
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-102468

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Farmer's Daughter
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron

42-102674

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Packawalup III
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 94th Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

42-107113

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Aldaflak Section 8
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron
Factory fresh B-17s

42-107151

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Cover Girl
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

42-31077

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pakawalup II
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron

Missions

523

  • Date: 6 August 1944
B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 305th Bomb Group fly in formation.

514

  • Date: 4 August 1944
A mission log for Lieutenant Colonel Paul Chryst of the 91st Bomb Group, 3 August 1944 -15 December 1944. Image via Lieutenant Colonel Paul Chryst, 91st Bomb Group.

512

  • Date: 3 August 1944

508

  • Date: 1 August 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Dessau, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany 28 May 1944 Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-97073. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5311.

Born

Diboll, TX 75941, USA Son of Will H and Johnnie [Wood] Agee.

Based

Deenethorpe 28 May 1944 Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.
San Angelo, TX, USA

Buried

Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial

Revisions

Date9 Dec 2021 02:07:27
Contributoracbernstein1
ChangesChanges to aircraft associations and mission associations
Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=0883

Date15 Aug 2021 18:50:33
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to biography and events
Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56652119/jack-douglas-agee

Date15 Aug 2021 18:20:55
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to biography
Sources

Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

Date2 Dec 2017 18:16:07
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to middlename, service number, biography, awards, events, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28636889?terms=42-97073
https://www.fold3.com/record/529887713-jack-d-agee
https://www.fold3.com/image/310763640?terms=Jack%20D%20Agee
Mission 376: Battle Over the Reich, May 28, 1944 By Ivo de Jong
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56652119/jack-douglas-agee

Date27 Sep 2014 18:13:47
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5311 / MACR 5311, 8th AF Losses, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=883 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database