Tom W Wilkens
Military
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UPL 18868
42-38161 SARA JANE, B-17 FLYING FORTRESS, 379th Bomb Group after crash-landing in Nijelamer, Holland, May 7, 1944.
Geoffrey Jones, son of co-pilot 2d Lt. John Eric Jones ([email protected])
Shot down 7 May 1944 in B-17 #4238161. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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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: Sara Jane
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Lakewood, Ohio, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 7 May 1944 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4559 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database