Joseph A Jones

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Object Number - UPL 28386 - 1st Lt Joseph A Jones 450BS, 322BG, 8AF.

Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) repeat raid to power station at Ijmuiden, Holland in B26 41-18086 'Draggin Lady'. Hit by flak on return ditched in North sea, co-pilot ejected from cockpit and sole survivor. Killed in Action (KIA). 17-May-43. MACR 15129.

Awards: PH.

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Units served with

322nd Bomb Group

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

People

Norris K Calkins

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16059533 / O-731020
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator; Bombardier

Aircraft

41-18086

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Draggin lady
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Georgia, USA 2 September 1919 Son of Walter L and Nancy I [Miller] Jones.

Enlisted

Fort Crockett, Galveston, TX 77551, USA 12 December 1941 Fort Crockett Galveston

Died

Nth Sea off Haarlem, Netherlands 17 May 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) repeat raid to power station at Ijmuiden, Holland in B26 41-18086 'Draggin Lady'. Hit by flak on return ditched in North sea, co-pilot ejected from cockpit and sole survivor. Killed in Action (KIA). 17-May-43. MACR 15129.

Buried

Bergen, Netherlands 20 June 1943 Washed ashore 19-Jun-43. Interred Bergen cemetery

Buried

Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery
Duval County, FL, USA

Revisions

Date30 May 2017 11:11:21
ContributorAl_Skiff
Sources

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https://www.fold3.com/image/310762476/?terms=Joseph%20A%20Jones
https://www.fold3.com/page/529873420_joseph_a%20jones/details/
https://www.fold3.com/page/85242293_joseph_a%20jones/details/
http://www.zzairwar.nl/dossiers/771.html
http://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/fr/american-war-cemeter…
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56300272

Date30 May 2017 10:15:45
ContributorAl_Skiff
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/63598141
https://www.fold3.com/image/310762476/?terms=Joseph%20A%20Jones
https://www.fold3.com/page/529873420_joseph_a%20jones/details/
https://www.fold3.com/page/85242293_joseph_a%20jones/details/
http://www.zzairwar.nl/dossiers/771.html
http://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/fr/american-war-cemeter…
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56300272

Date27 Sep 2014 18:17:04
ContributorAAM
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 126, ABMC

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Object number: UPL 28386 - 1st Lt Joseph A Jones 450BS, 322BG, 8AF.