Jay Walter Ames
Military
From the Jay Ames family archives.
Object Number - UPL 56424
Jay Walter Ames enlisted on 2 October 1942. He received Aviation Cadet training at Santa Ana, California, then twelve weeks of Bombardier training at Victorville Army Air Field in Victorville, California. Ames was awarded Bombardier's Wings on 4 December 1943. Subsequently, he was assigned to Combat Crew 2241 and stationed at Rattlesden Airfield, Suffolk, UK. Assigned to 710BS, 447BG, 8AF USAAF. Ames flew 30 combat missions in a B-17 Flying Fortress "Bouncin Baby" On 21 June 1944 in a raid over Berlin, Ames was wounded by a piece of flak in the upper thigh and was hospitalized for several weeks. His original crew stayed together with a sub Bombardier and was interned in Switzerland. On
25 October 1944, Jay was promoted to 1st LT.
Award: AM (4OLC), PH, WWII Victory, American Campaign, EAME.
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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: Bouncin Baby
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Beaver Township, Pennsylvania | 22 January 1921 | Son of Walter Ames and Clarisa Jane [Ames] Edeburn. |
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Enlisted |
2 October 1942 | ||
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Died |
11 February 1999 | ||
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Buried |
Langville United Methodist Cemetery Jefferson County, PA | 14 February 1999 | Langville United Methodist Cemetery Jefferson County, Pennsylvania |
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Based |
Rattlesden | Assigned to 710BS, 447BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Other Specialist training |
Victorville AAF, Victorville, CA | 4 December 1943 | Training at Victorville AAF, Victorville, California |
Revisions
Diana Ames. This information is taken from my father's service records.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History Roster, Enlisted Men, as of 01 August 1945/son
