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JONES, Charles Marion - Date of
birth
29 October 1922 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio -
Hometown
Hamilton County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O1997859 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Co-Pilot -
Unit
549th Bombardment Squadron,
385th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
-
Status
Died non-Battle - Date of
death
9 January 1945 - Place of
death
English Channel
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| D | 6 | 48 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Charles T. Jones (father)
Lola Jones (mother)
Robert Jones (brother)
David Jones (brother)
Clare R. (Koehne) Jones (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
44-6100 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Miss "D" Day
Destination: Station 155 - Great Ashfield, England
Mission: Return flight
MACR: 11718
More information
2nd Lt Charles M. Jones graduated from Withrow High School in 1940.He attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and the University of Cincinnati.
He enlisted in January 1943 and was sent overseas in September 1944.
The B-17 made an emergency landing at Advanced Landing Ground A-70 in Laon, France the day before when it returned from a bombing mission over Frankfurt, Germany.
In the afternoon of 9 January it departed from this landing ground to return to his home base. The home base, Station 155, had received a radio message that this airplane was given clearance but to weather conditions on the continent it was believed that clearance had been cancelled as no further contact was made by one of the stations.
It disappeared over the English Channel with all ten crew members killed.
On 13 January 1945 the bodies of 2nd Lt John W. Skoff and S/Sgt Lowey I. Boyd were spotted at 50.40 N and 00.20 E in a life raft, frozen together and picked up by Air-Sea Rescue.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Schaefer Family Tree,
www.fold3.com, The Cincinnati Enquirer - 30 May 1945
Photo source: Jac Engels, www.ancestry.com - Kochwayne, Withrow High School 1940