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Personal info

Full name
BOHANNON, Jackson Ross
Date of birth
1925
Age
unknown
Place of birth
McMinn County, Tennessee
Hometown
Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
O-762894
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Bombardier
Unit
358th Bombardment Squadron,
303rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 September 1944
Place of death
1 km west of Heiningen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 9 12

Immediate family

Members
Jackson F, Bohannon (father)
Edna E. (Black) Bohannon (mother)
James G. Bohannon (brother)
Sadie B. Bohannon (sister)
Alta I. Bohannon (sister)
Norman H. Bohannon (brother)
Arnold Bohannon (brother)
Raymond V. Bohannon (brother)
Stella M. (Kinser) Bohannon (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
43-38206
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Silver Fox
Destination: Magdeburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Braunkohle (BRABAG) synthetic oil refinery
MACR: 9408

More information

2nd Lt Jackson R. Bohannon attended McMinn County High School and Tennessee Wesleyan College

He joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in Chattanooga, Tennessee on 4 November 1942.

The formation suffered severe attacks from enemy fighters. The airplane was seen to be burning from the waist and about twenty seconds later it burst into flames all over. It turned on its back and fell straight down.

One crew member survived and was taken prisoner, eight were killed.

2nd Lt Bohannon was initially buried at the cemetery of Heiningen, Germany.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.303rdbg.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees

Photo source: www.303rdbg.com, Arie-Jan van Hees, Bombardier Class Book 43-18, Carlsbad Army Air Field, New Mexico, www.findagrave.com - Ryan Jackson, Chattanooga Daily Times - 16 February 1945, McMinn County High School yearbook 1946