Willis Thomas Jones Jr
MilitaryAssigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Wiener Neudorf 26-Jul-44 hit by enemy aircraft, crashed Perin; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7141.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Medical practitioner.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 301st Bomb Group 32nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-806281
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 301st Bomb Group 32nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Goose Creek, TX | 8 July 1920 | Son of Willis Thomas Snr and Lena Annie [Jones] Jones. |
Other Baled out POW |
West of Wiener Neustadt | 26 July 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Wiener Neudorf 26-Jul-44 hit by enemy aircraft, crashed Perin; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7141. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 26 July 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
Died |
Baytown, TX | 13 March 2017 | |
Buried |
Earthman Memory Gardens, Baytown, TX | 18 March 2017 | Earthman Memory Gardens Baytown, Harris County, TX |
Based |
Lucera | 26 July 1944 | Assigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. |