Robert N Jarrett

Military

Killed in Action (KIA). B-24J #42-110161 'Jail Bait'.

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-110161) nicknamed "Jail Bait" of the 853rd Bomb Squadron, 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'QK-M,[sic] 2110161, 44BG..' Second Handwritten caption on reverse: '491st B.G., 8th Air Force.'

42-110161

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Jail Bait
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pike County, KY, USA 30 January 1922

Enlisted

Fort Thomas, KY, USA 25 February 1941

Died

Crépy, France 20 June 1944 ...on the same mission and Jarrett (Sgt. Robert N. Jarrett), tail gunner with Lt. Boyd in JAIL BAIT, was killed by a hunk of flak that cut his spine in two. It's one hell of a war." (First Sgt's diary)

Buried

24 June 1944 Plot A Row 5 Grave 37 Cambridge American Cemetery (date of interment is approx.)

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http://www.491st.org/missions.html

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Sources

Combat Sup, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces vol 3 pg 660 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia