Jim S Reeves

Military
media-26517.jpeg UPL 26517 Lt J A Newton and crew of the 303rd Bomb Group beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 42-102411 'Miss Lace', England. 19 July 1944.
Rear L-R: S/Sgt John F Hobgood, S/Sgt Jim S Reeves, S/Sgt Albert W Bricker, T/Sgt James A O'Leary, T/Sgt Leonard A. Turner.

Front L-R: 2Lt William F Drew, 2Lt Frank G Mowatt, 1Lt John A Newton, 1Lt George L Lange Jr.

NARA Ref 342-FH-3A10268-61751AC.

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Object Number - UPL 26517 - Lt J A Newton and crew of the 303rd Bomb Group beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 42-102411 'Miss Lace', England. 19 July 1944. Rear L-R: S/Sgt...

Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 28 x combat missions. Crashed at Ludwigshafen in B-17 43-38323 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 8597.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

John Andrew Newton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17098986 / O-758372
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bomber pilot

Aircraft

42-102411

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Lace

43-38323

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron

Missions

614

  • Date: 9 September 1944

Places

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Oklahoma, USA 19 June 1924

Enlisted

Los Angeles, CA, USA 23 February 1943

Other

Shot down

Ludwigshafen, Germany 9 September 1944 Crashed at Ludwigshafen in B-17 43-38323 POW). MACR 8597.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 9 September 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.

Died

Tennessee, USA 6 March 1991
Los Angeles County, CA, USA

Buried

Crockett County, TN, USA Friendship Cemetery Crockett County Tennessee USA

Based

Molesworth 9 September 1944 Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8597 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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