Jack Blease Workman

Military

Jack Workman was a Pilot in the 94th Bomb Group / 410th Bomb Squadron. Shot down in B-24 # 42-29710 on the 29 May 1943 mission to naval depots in Rennes, France. Prisoner of War (POW). He was promoted to Captain, stayed in the Air Force after the war. Promoted a Major, he served in Korea and retired from the USAF as a Lt. Colonel.

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

People

Oliver J Carroll

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19065021 and O-729712
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

William Howard Downey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-418282
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Theodore G Ferentinos

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32461783
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Frank R Koch

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16065347
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner

Winston Edward Lowe

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37195457
  • Highest Rank: Private First Class
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

42-29710

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hell Below
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Clinton, South Carolina, United States 17 December 1919 the son of John Rion Workman and Saluda (Blease) Workman (died in 1926)

Other

Captured

near Saint-Malo, France 29 May 1943 Landed in parachute in the Ille et Rance Canal and was picked up and captured in late afternoon of 29 May.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Żagań, Poland 29 May 1943 - 29 April 1945 Interned at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan, Poland. On forced march from there to Stalag 7A Moosburg, Germany. Liberated there 29 April 1945 by US troops under General George Patton. NARA WWII POW records : “Returned to Military control 2 July 1945.“

Died

Newberry, South Carolina, United States 7 January 1975

Enlisted

in the Air Corps (before Pearl Harbor)
Newberry, South Carolina, United States

Buried

Rosemont Cemetery, Newberry, South Carolina, United States

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

MACR 15139
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

MACR 15139
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 15139 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database