Edward C Jones Jr
Military
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UPL 50504
1st Lt Edward C Jones Jr, 744BS, 456BG
USAAF Photo
Assigned to 744BS, 456BG, 15 AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Shell Oil Refinery, Budapest 2-Jul-44; attacked and mauled by Fw190‘s. Pilot signalled to abandon the crippled plane, A/C exploded. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6439
Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Unit: 456th Bomb Group 744th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18193939
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 456th Bomb Group 744th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14063777
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 456th Bomb Group 744th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-712805
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 456th Bomb Group 744th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11014717
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Photographer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 456th Bomb Group 744th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14162032
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Emperor Jones
- Unit: 456th Bomb Group 744th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
Vicinity Budapest, Hungary | 2 July 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Shell Oil Refinery, Budapest 2-Jul-44; attacked and mauled by Fw190‘s. Pilot signalled to abandon the crippled plane, A/C exploded. KIA MACR 6439 |
Born |
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Buried |
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial | Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial St Avold, France Plot D Row 38 Grave 21 | |
Based |
Stornara | 2 July 1944 | Assigned to 744BS, 456BG, 15 AF USAAF. |
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