Leslie E Jones
MilitaryShot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #42-29898 'Scarlett O'Hara'. Burned on left side of face and arm. Also had appendix removed while in Prisoner of War (POW) camp.
Air Medal; Purple Heart; POW Medal
Connections
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Scarlett O'Hara
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
4 July 2003 | ||
Born |
Warren, Ohio, USA | ||
Buried |
Warren, Ohio | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 12 August 1943 | Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Added a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1762 / MACR 1762; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 272 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database