Kenneth H Jones
Military ROLL OF HONOURWhile serving as the Bombardier of B-17 #41-24474 'Floozy' on 18 November 1942 on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at La Pallice, France, the aircraft was hit by flak over St. Nazaire damaging an engine, letting down over the Bay of Biscay, it was attacked by FW 190's forcing the pilot to ditch the aircraft in the sea 2 miles off the Ile d'Oussant on the tip of the Brest Peninsula. Lt. Jones had baled over the sea soon after the aircraft was hit by flak and was lost.
Purple Heart, Air Medal
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Floozy
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 18 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Brittany Cemetary
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Bay of Biscay | 18 November 1942 | He baled out of the aircraft somewhere over the Bay of Biscay and was lost in the sea. His remains were never recovered. |
|
Other Commemorated |
Saint-James, France | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Brittany American Cemetery. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 27-Nov-2014, Added ditching location to description per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A Hey MBE; added KIA Event per MACR 16448; added Commemoration event per American Battle Monuments Commision (ABMC) record.
Lee Cunningham 4-Nov-2014. Missing AIr Crew Report (MACR) 16448; American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Volume I by Bishop and Hey pp. 46-47 MACR 16448