Joseph Milton Jenkins
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Shared with the American Air Museum by Peter Saunders, one of the founding members of the Friends of Leiston Airfield: http://www.friendsofleistonairfield.co.uk/
Object Number - UPL 26798 - 2nd. Lt. Joseph M. Jenkins, 357th Fighter Group
Assigned to 357FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF (a P-51 fighter group that destroyed 73 enemy planes in 22 days of air fighting). Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission in P-51 42-103389; once the escort was complete, strafed aerodrome in vicinity of Albert, France, hit by machine gun fire and light flak and crashed. 24-Jun-44 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 5109
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 364th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Savannah, Georgia | 5 October 1922 | Son of John Ignatius and Essie Duncan [Potts] Jenkins. |
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Enlisted |
Savannah, GA | 22 May 1942 | Savannah, Georgia |
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Other Take Off accident |
16 March 1944 | P-51 C5-M 'Geechee Gal', written off in take off accident pilot Joseph M Jenkins RTD. | |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Albert, France | 24 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission in P-51 42-103389; Strafing aerodrome hit by flak KIA MACR 5109 |
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Buried |
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Colleville-sur-Mer, France Plot B Row 17 Grave 33 | |
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Based |
Leiston | 24 June 1944 | Assigned to 357FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5109 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
