Jay Harold Horn

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned May 1944. Shot down by flak and crashed at Paris on 6/22/44 in B-17 42-102552. KIA.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-102552

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Horn's Hornets
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Killed in Action (KIA)

France 22 June 1944

Born

Canton, Ohio, USA

Revisions

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
-the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 5917;
- Snetterton Falcons, pg 149, 162, 168, 267

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

MACR 5917 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database