Derrell S Jones
Military ROLL OF HONOURB-17 'Combined Operations' flew into a hill on the Isle of Man while en route to Langford Lodge in Ireland. Killed in Service (KIS).
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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: Combined Operations
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Died |
14 April 1945 | ||
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Buried |
Plot F Row 4 Grave 136 | ||
| Florida, USA |
Revisions
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources
Added Derrell S Jones' name to the digital Roll of Honour in the American Air Museum at IWM Duxford, UK.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
8th AF News, March 2001; First Over Germany / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia