Jess Joe Gomez
MilitaryHit by flak and later by fighters after falling out of formation on a mission to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 March 1944, B-24H #42-52306 crashed near Uelzen, East of Münster, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW).
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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: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14163539
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39076882 at enlistment, then O-682078
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17072476 at enlistment, then O-809105
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33420062
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19114107
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 6 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Texas, United States | 22 February 1923 | |
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Enlisted |
21 April 1943 | Denver, Colorado | |
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Other Prisoner Of War (POW) |
6 March 1944 | after bailing out of B-24H #42-52306 | |
|
Died |
22 April 2013 | ||
| San Francisco, California | |||
|
Buried |
Jee Gomez rests at the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Wheat Ridge, Colorado |
Revisions
MACR 3349
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
SSDI (Social Security Death Index)
VA Gravesite Locator
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3349 / MACR 3349, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces & Page 276 of the book LIBERATORS OVER EUROPE by Mackay, Bailey & Scorza, D790G458 &
href="http://www.458bg.com/crew29mcmains.htm">http://www.458bg.com/crew29mcmains.htm> / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database