Jeong Shew Wing
Military
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UPL 48168
SSGT Jeong S. Wing
Gunner
Tonnis Boukamp Crew
416th BG - 669th BS - 9th AF
Gunner
Tonnis Boukamp Crew
416th BG - 669th BS - 9th AF
Enlisted with his given name Jeong Shew Wing. Was known as Edwin J. Joe. His grave marker has Edwin J. Joe.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Nicknames: Daddy Land's Commando
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Melun, Alsace
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Canton, China | 15 September 1921 | also known as Guangzhou |
Houston, Texas | 15 February 1942 | 6902 North Main | |
Enlisted |
San Antonio, Texas | 9 October 1942 | |
Other First 416th BG Combat Mission |
Foret Nationale Tournehem, France | 20 March 1944 | "No Ball" V-Weapons Site |
Other Wounded In Action |
Beauvais, France | 20 May 1944 | General Orders No. 85, 24 May 1944, Purple Heart is awarded to: 669th Bombardment Squadron (L), Jeong S. Wing, 18158622, Staff Sergeant, Air Corps, United States Army. For wounds received in action against an enemy of the United States on 20 May 1944, while serving as Gunner on an A-20 airplane on a combat operational mission over enemy occupied territory. Home address: Greenville, Mississippi. |
Other Shot Down/Captured |
8 miles SW of Bitburg, Germany | 29 September 1944 | A-20G 43-21961 Moderate to intense flak at the target cost us two planes, both flown by our original crews from the States. ... Lt Tonnis Boukamp's plane was also hit, but in both engines. With both engines on fire, the plane was last seen falling away in a gentle glide, still under control on a southwesterly heading, 8 miles southwest of the target. No chutes were seen. ... Lt Boukamp's gunners were Staff Sergeants Russell J. Colosimo and Jeong S. Wing. |
Died |
Bakersfield, CA | 4 November 2012 | |
Buried/ Commemorated |
Bakersfield, CA | 8 November 2012 | Hillcrest Memorial Park Bakersfield, Kern County, California, USA |
Other POW |
Tychowo, Poland | Stalag Luft IV |
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