Jack Edward Pelton
Military
Correspondence to the American Air Museum from Ellis McClintick, 390th Bomb Group.
Object Number - UPL 35365 - Roy Holmberg, Jack Pelton and Norman T. Brown, 390th Bomb Group, 570th Bomb Squadron.
Crew Number 51
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mairzey Doats aka Mister Completely
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Miss Carry
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: G I Wonder
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Twenty-One Or Bust
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
Missions
Places
![A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380433.jpg.webp?itok=L7HbOA_i)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Portland, OR | 29 June 1917 | |
| Portland, OR | 16 October 1940 | 831 SW Vista | |
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Other 390th BG Combat Tour |
Framlingham Airfield, UK | 16 March 1944 - 4 August 1944 | |
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Died |
Walla Walla, WA | 28 August 1998 | |
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Buried |
Williamette National Cemetery | 31 August 1998 | Willamette National Cemetery Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA Plot COL-2, 305, A |
Revisions
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Sources
Correspondence to the American Air Museum from Ellis McClintick, 390th Bomb Group.
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.390thspace.com/missions.php?name=Pelton%2C+Jack+E
