Jesse T Irving Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down by fighters on mission to Frankfurt on 29 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-30711 'Fertile Turtle Myrtle'. Killed in Action (KIA).
Air Medal; Purple Heart
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fertile Turtle Myrtle
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
Places
![A bomber crew of the 92nd Bomb Group return to Podington following a mission flying B-17 Flying Fortresses to Wittenberg. A B-17 Flying Fortress (NV-K, serial number 42-29994) is visible in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for Publication 23 Feb 1945' [stamp]. ' News Chronicle Copyright Picture' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'Crew back from Wittenberg.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379172.jpg.webp?itok=G7D0FciD)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
Genech, France | 29 January 1944 | According to File # 2253 filed by Anderson and Galloway JT was in the top turret and was killed by a 20 mm shell. Anderson describes the attack this way. "We were attacked by a group of fighters some head on and some from the tail. We were outnumbered and their firepower ripped the ship to shreds. |
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Born |
North Carolina | Jesse Thomas Irving Jr. was born in 1919 near Stoneville, NC, USA to Jesse Thomas Irving and Lottie L. Carter Irving. He was a farmer on his father's farm. | |
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Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands, P-19-15 |
Revisions
Brought in information from duplicate record. Sources:
NARA Individual Casualty Questionaire file # 2253 www.fold3.com/image/#28602851
Personal Knowledge coachsimm and Individual Casualty report File 2253 Fold 3. Websites for town of Genech regarding plane crash and monument by Joss LeClercq
Individual Casualty Questionnaire File # 2253 Galloway and Anderson survivors also coachsimm personal.
Individual Casualty Questionnaire File # 2253 Galloway and Anderson survivors also coachsimm personal.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2253, 8th AF Losses