Jeong Shew Wing

Military
media-48168.jpeg UPL 48168 SSGT Jeong S. Wing
Gunner
Tonnis Boukamp Crew
416th BG - 669th BS - 9th AF

Object Number - UPL 48168 - SSGT Jeong S. Wing 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

An A-26 Invader (F6-P, serial number 43-22330) nicknamed "For Pete's Sake" of the 416th Bomb Group prepares for take-off at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Written on slide casing: '416 BG Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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

Events

Event Location Date Description

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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