Jack Jameson Fetterly

Military

1450 Combat Hours of Anti Sub Patrol North Africa; 387 Combat Hours, 37 Combat Missions, in the ETO; Shot down by flak on 6/29/44 over France and held Prisoner of War (POW) until May 1945



Silver Star; 2 bronze stars; DFC w 1/Oak Leaf Cluster; Air Medal w 6/Oak Leaf Cluster;EAME Medal; WW II Victory Medal; American Campaign Medal; National Def. Serv. Medal; Korean War Medal; Good Comnduct w 5 BR loops; Air Force Logevity Ribbon w/ 4BR Loops

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cleveland, Ohio 1 August 1914

Died

9 October 1967

Buried

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Sources

Birsic/son/MACR 5928 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia