Jack Clifton Evans

Military

Crashed At Gelsenkirchen on 8/26/44 in B-17 Skylark #42-97204, Prisoner of War (POW).



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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

A B-17 Flying Fortress (SO-K, serial number 42-97204) of the 547th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Bob (R.L.) Coleman, Conn.'

42-97204

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Skylark
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War

Germany 26 August 1944

Born

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- AAIR 44-08-15-532 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=5521

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8466 / MACR 8466, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database