Cornelius A Jenkins
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Michel Beckers WW2CRASHSITERESEARCH
Object Number - UPL 32247 - 1Lt Cornelius A Jenkins, back row nr 5
Killed in Action (KIA) 4-Feb-43 in B-17F 41-24593 'El Lobo' while serving as Pilot. Target was Hamm but aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with a German FW 190 and crashed in tidal land near Leer, Germany. 6 crew members were killed and 4 became Prisoner of War (POW)s.
Air Medal, Purple Heart
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: El Lobo
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 4 February 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Filsum, Germany | 4 February 1943 | Killed when aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with an FW 190 and crashed at Filstrum/Ostfriesland near Leer, Germany |
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Born |
Marion County, West Virginia |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 28-Jan-2015. Added decorations and Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record.; Added SN and KIA event per MACT 15395; Made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; Edite Biography with crew position.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, MACR 15395, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop and Hey, p .73, WWII National Monument web site
