Willis Thomas Jones Jr

Military

Assigned 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

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

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

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.