Jack Burton Fawcett

Military

media-36975.jpeg UPL 36975 "Major Shumake and Captain Gamble with lead crew on bombing mission to Dijon-Longvic, France, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, England. 6 February 1944."

Rear L-R: Capt Jack B. Fawcett, Maj Glyn F Shumake, Capt Donald Gamble, Capt Norman Nels Jacobsen, 1Lt Hobart H Steely

Front L-R: S/Sgt Francis H Stender, S/Sgt Norvile Vaughn, S/Sgt David L Wilson, T/Sgt Hugh N Bland, S/Sgt Norman M Clark, T/Sgt Richard G Scharch

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Object Number - UPL 36975 - "Major Shumake and Captain Gamble with lead crew on bombing mission to Dijon-Longvic, France, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 358th Bomb...

Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 32 x combat missions. ETD

Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

303rd Bomb Group

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

360th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-24635

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: The 8 Ball MK II
Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron

Missions

A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 384th Bomb Group falls towards the ground after having its tails shot away during a mission.

8th Air Force 253

Date: 9 March 1944

8th Air Force 235 BIG WEEK - DAY 6

Date: 25 February 1944

8th Air Force 182

Date: 11 January 1944

B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 388th Bomb Group fly over Nazi smoke screens. Printed caption on reverse: '73228 AC- The Nazis have released smoke screens in an effort to hide their railroad yards as Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses" fly over the target at Bremen, Germany, prior to the release of the bombs. 8 October 1943.'

VIII Bomber Command 111

Date: 8 October 1943

A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Kicking Horse" of the 303rd Bomb Group takes off with a feathered engine. Handwritten caption on reverse: ''Kicking Horse' of 303BG. Received 7/7/1944.' On reverse: Daily Graphic [Stamp, ref. no. M4226L].

VIII Bomber Command 91

Date: 6 September 1943

Places

Molesworth

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Brush, Morgan County, CO	26 November 1921
Enlisted		20 March 1942
Other Discharged USAAF		2 November 1945	Honourable discharge.
Died	Greeley, Weld County, CO	18 March 2014
Buried	Brush Memorial Cemetery, Brush, CO	21 March 2014	Brush Memorial Cemetery Brush, Morgan County, CO
Based	Shipdham		Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.