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Justin Ralph Jones

Military

media-26154.png UPL 26154 42-29914 BK-H, 384th Bombardment Group, 546th Bombardment Squadron 384th Bomb Group collection

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Object Number - UPL 26154 - 42-29914 BK-H, 384th Bombardment Group, 546th Bombardment Squadron

Shot down 3 September 1943 in B-17 #42 29914. Prisoner of War (POW) Missing Air Crew Report #743

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

A B-17 Flying Fortress (BK-H, serial number 42-37781) nicknamed "Silver Dollar" of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group goes down after losing its tail. Image via Havelaar. Printed caption on reverse: 'Silver Dollar, a Flying Fortress operating from Grafton Underwood, has its complete tail severed during one of the first 8th Air Force raids on Berlin.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Berlin missile, BK-H, Fort goes down.'

546th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Franklin Carl Hitzeroth

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 36706840
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Ernest Earl Kuhl

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 37461797
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-29914

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Mischief Maker
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron

Missions

VIII Bomber Command 90

Date: 3 September 1943

Places

Aerial photograph of Grafton Underwood airfield looking north east, Geddington village is on the left, 22 April 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC309. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Grafton Underwood

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Grafton Undermud

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Columbus, Ohio, USA	17 May 1918
Died	Fort Myers, FL, USA	7 February 1942	Burial: Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Arlington County Virginia, USA Plot: Sec: 6-Y ROW 12, Site: 4
Enlisted	Columbus, OH, USA	2 April 1942	Residence: Franklin County, Ohio Private, Air Corps ASN 15110400
Other Assigned	Grafton Underwood NN14, UK	19 August 1943 - 3 September 1943	Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 546th Bombardment Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #75 dated 19 August 1943, as Crew Pilot. Two combat missions.
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	English Channel	3 September 1943

Revisions

Date1 Feb 2017 09:40:47

Contributorbombercommand

Changes

Sources

http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=1991

https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=WR26&t…

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=jones&GSfn=justi…;

Date27 Sep 2014 18:17:42

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 743 / MACR 743, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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