Claude B Jones
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 322BS, 451BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) night mission to Chateau Ribeacourt, France 8-Jul-44; exploded mid air due to night fighter Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6623
Awards: DFC, AM (9OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![B-26 Marauders, including (serial number 41-34959, SS-O), of the 451st Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group line up for take off, 11 November 1943. Passed for publication 11 Nov 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '63.' On reverse: US Army Press Censor ETO [Stamp].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-413264.jpg.webp?itok=Ml213CQs)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 451st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16104217 / O-814223
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 451st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15074874
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 451st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19022116
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio operator & Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16059889 / O-744944
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14131302
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Pickled Dilly
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 451st Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Great Saling
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Union County, SC | 7 March 1920 | Son of Andrew Young and Frances 'Fannie' Minter [Bobo] Jones. |
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Enlisted |
Charlotte, NC | 19 November 1940 | Charlotte North Carolina |
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Buried |
Amiens, FR | 9 July 1944 | Interred Amiens cemetery, FR |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Andrews Field | 8 July 1944 | Assigned to 322BS, 451BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Re-Interred Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Coalville-sur-Mer, France Plot D Row 3 Grave 34 | ||
| Everett, WA | NoK: Wife Muriel M Jones residing Everett, WA. | ||
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Buried |
Padgetts Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Cross Keys, SC | Memorialised Padgetts Creek Baptist Church Cemetery Cross Keys, Union County, SC |
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451 BS Assoc, B-26 memorials guide / 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)