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.

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Aircraft

43-37859

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Jeanne
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Damaged B-17 Flying Fortresses including (serial number 44-6146) of the 401st Bomb Group, and of the 486th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'IN-R, 401BG.' A veteran has handwritten on reverse: 'Winter of 1944. This plane's bombardier was my best friend in high school. We joined the aviation cadets together in fall of 1942. Plane is from the 486th Bomb Group. It was struck in the rear by another plane in formation and tail gunner fell to his death over Germany. The Germans buried him and sent ph

44-6146

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Cheezer
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron

Missions

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29155) nicknamed "Picadilly Commando" of the 446th Bomb Group. First handwritten caption on reverse: '446BG B/24 leaving Ruhr on its way home 22 April 1944.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '22/4/44, 21,000 Ft. Hamm, smoke screen in distance.'

311

  • Date: 22 April 1944

309

  • Date: 20 April 1944

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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

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

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

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

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

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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