Jack T Bishop

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 545BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick in B-17 42-5444 "We Dood It" 30-Jan-44; shot down by fighters, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2263.



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39096585
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-683176
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane.  Four men standing to the rear and six men kneeling in front.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37375902
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 6983789
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13062515 / O-677552
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot, Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: We Dood It
  • Unit: 403rd Air Depot 303rd Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron 545th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Rome, Georgia, USA 15 February 1918 Son of Albert Grady and Ruby D [Moss] Bishop.

Enlisted

Fort McPherson, Atlanta, GA 9 April 1942 Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Brunswick, Germany 30 January 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick in B-17 42-5444 'We Dood It" 30-Jan-44; shot down by fighters KIA MACR 2263

Buried

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St Louis, MO Re-Interred Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Grafton Underwood 30 January 1944 Assigned to 545BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Removed # from A/C serial No. to aid clarity and consistency
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10487063/jack-t.-bishop

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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Changed the label for a Died event to “Killed in Action (KIA)” per info in the "Summary biography".

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2263 / MACR 2263, 8th Af Losses, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database