Jack Morrison Goss
MilitaryAssigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 4-Jul-43 in B-17 42-30051. Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), PH (OLC), POW, EAME, WWII Victory.
Post war: After the war, Jack returned to Bar Harbor and married his fiancée, Frances Bannon Goss, on 17-Jul-45. He continued his service in the Air Force and served as a flight engineer on a B-29 during the Korean War. On one mission, his plane was hit, and a fire severely burned his hands and face. Though in shock, he helped land the plane using only his forearms. He spent nearly two years in a burn unit and underwent 14 skin graft operations to repair his burned face. Mr. Goss continued his service in the Air Force, and in 1959 was among the first group of men to be awarded the newly established rank of chief master sergeant. He was then assigned to the crew of Air Force One. He remained on that assignment as flight engineer for the terms of presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson. During that time he flew dignitaries from the United States and foreign nations around the world.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Nevada Wildcat
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
31 July 1921 | BornBar Harbor, Maine | |
Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
4 July 1943 - 1 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW)Stalag XVIIbKrems an der Donau, Austria | |
Died |
18 March 2007 | ||
Buried |
21 March 2007 | InterredArlington National CemeteryArlington, Arlington County, Virginia, |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 272 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database