492nd Bomb Group (Heavy)
Group
The 492nd Bomb Group were assigned to the 8th Air Force in April 1944. They flew 60 missions over occupied Europe from 11 May 1944 until 7 August 1944.
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Joseph I Jackson Jr
Military
Shot down by flak and crashed at Ghedi on 7/12/44 in B-24 #44-40130, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Service
Units served with
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859th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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44-40130
B-24 Liberator
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Baltimore, Maryland, USA | |
| Prisoner of War (POW) | Germany | 12 July 1944 – 12 June 1945 |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 04 June 2020 04:20:56 | jmoore43 | Changes to service number and events |
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Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA). |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 04 June 2020 04:13:12 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Copied "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so one dup person can be deleted. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 17 May 2020 21:52:43 | jmoore43 | Changes to surname, middlename and suffix |
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Corrected the name by moving "Jr" from the surname field to the suffix field and moving the last name from the middle name field to the surname field. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:17:19 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
MACR 7563 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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