Jessie Orville Pack
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
1Lt Stelzer crew (401st BG 613th BS) , not in order : Stelzer-pilot, Johnson-copilot, Hobbs-navigator, Warren-bombardier, Pack-radio, Hecker-engineer, Black-ball turret gunner, Rice-tail gunner, Holland-left waist gunner, Nicely-right waist gunner.
Object Number - UPL 30785 - Crew 10 of the 613th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group, who have just returned from a bombing mission over Europe, pose in front of the Boeing B-17...
Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 27 x combat missions. Robert Stelzer crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-30855 'Ol' Massa' 8-May-44; shot down. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4586
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14103271 / O-803232
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 42061799 / O-461320
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ol Massa
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Denison, TX | 23 January 1921 | Son of Jessie Ervin and Mary Katherine [McAlister] Pack. |
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Enlisted |
Dallas, TX | 9 September 1942 | Dallas, Texas |
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Died |
Balkum, Germany | 8 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-30855 'Ol' Massa' 8-May-44; shot down. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4586 |
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Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Re-Interned Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot H Row 14 Grave 20 | |
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Based |
Deenethorpe | 8 May 1944 | Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4586, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1155