Jessie Lee McMains
Military ROLL OF HONOURHit 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. Killed in Action (KIA).
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19114107
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15130839 at enlistment, then O-693687
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 06668028
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33502423
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Hooker, Texas County, Oklahoma, United States | 19 September 1916 | Hooker, Texas County, Oklahoma, United States |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
6 March 1944 | in the loss of B-24H #42-52306 | |
| Los Angeles, California | |||
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Buried |
Jesse McMains rests at the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego, California |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3349, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces & Page 279 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 &
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