Eldon Paul Jones
Military
Associated person & groups
Object Number - UPL 37409 - Eldon Paul Jones
Shot down by fighters and crashed SSW of Erkner on a mission to the ball bearing plant at Erkner-Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31553. He jumped out with the parachute of the B-17G and landed on the farm before crashed. Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag Luft 4, in Grosstychow and Stalgal Luft 6 in Heydekrug, East Prussia, for 14 months.
POW
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13107939
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-746337
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Myer's Flaw
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Red Oak, Iowa | 10 March 1923 | |
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Died |
Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Colorado | 26 September 1997 | |
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Enlisted |
Revisions
Need to download with my dad’s photos to his profile picture, please.
Also the awards still not open what my dad had the service awards.
Thank you,
Steven P. Jones.
Hi, how would I add my dad’s photos to my dad’s profile?
Thank you.
Steven P. Jones
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3241, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces
