Sydney R Jeter Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Collided with another B-17 from the 303rd BG on form-up and crashed near Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire on a mission to Aschersleben, GR on 22 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31516. Killed in Action (KIA).

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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

Aircraft

42-31516

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: June Bug
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Irthlingborough, Wellingborough, UK 22 February 1944

Buried

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added S/N per General orders, HQ 1st Bombardment Division, APO 634 2 Feb 1944 (IWM Document 30697).

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ContributorLucy May
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AAIR 44-02-22-511 / MACR 15771 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Contributorbombercommand
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http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=1939

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ContributorCarl
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Associated aircraft listed in record.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces