Leon R Jackson
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
'Left to right front: Meyers- Mims- Jackson. Rear: Brush- Vermillion- Miyo. And "Flak". Swamp Chicken" B-26 41-35000 at 25 missions.'
IWM Photo - FRE 13435
Object Number - UPL 27663 - A bomber crew of the 323rd Bomb Group with their dog mascot "Flak" and a B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-35000) nicknamed "Swamp Chicken". 'Left to...
Assigned to 455BS, 323BG, 9AF USAAF. 25 x missions. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to V-1 target near Desvres, France a direct flak hit near the left engine forced crew to bail-out. Chute twisted, never deployed fully. Killed in Action. MACR 2056.
Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), PH.
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Units served with
![Private First Class Barbara O'Brien of the Womens Army Corps, paints the nose of a B-26 Marauder (YU-Y. serial number 41-34982) nicknamed "Jolly Roger" of the 323rd Bomb Group. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publcation 4 Dec 1943.' [stamp] and '295589.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'W.A.C.S. on duty at a Bomber Station. Associated Press Photo shows:- Pfc: Barbara O'Brien painting the Jolly Roger on the nose of a Marauder with the crew looking on.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380000.jpg.webp?itok=SSrEVQvb)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 455th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14076113 / O-793816
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Swamp Chicken
- Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 455th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Elk City, OK, USA | 18 August 1918 | Son of Arthur J and Maud Jackson. |
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Enlisted |
Oklahoma City, OK, USA | 26 March 1942 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
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Other Graduated |
Perry Lefors Field (PPA), Pampa, TX 79065, USA | 16 February 1943 | Graduated, commissioned and awarded wings. Pampa AAF, Texas, USA. |
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Other Killed in action |
62240 Desvres, France | 5 February 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to V-1 target near Desvres, France a direct flak hit near the left engine forced crew to bail-out. Chute twisted, never deployed fully. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2056. |
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Buried |
Desvres, France | 6 February 1944 | Interred Desvres Cemetery. |
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Based |
Earls Colne | 5 February 1944 | Assigned to 455BS, 323BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Tablets of the Missing Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial |
Revisions
9th Air Force Roll of Honor (IWM in liaison with Ninth Air Force veterans and group associations, American Battle Monuments Commission, and Buddies of the Ninth Association) / B-26 memorials guide / Combat Chronolgy, WWII Memorial / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
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