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Personal info

Full name
JONES, Russell David
Date of birth
27 August 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Baltimore County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33562669
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Right Waist Gunner
Unit
729th Bombardment Squadron,
452nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 July 1944
Place of death
Near Boubiers, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 31 19

Immediate family

Members
David Jones (father)
Bess L. Jones (mother)
Sara E. Jones (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
43-37747
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Mantes-la-Jolie, France
Mission: Bombing of the bridges over the River Seine and the railway installations
MACR: 7224

More information

S/Sgt Russell D. Jones enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 8 March 1943.

1st Lt C. M. Cronin:
Definite details concerning A/C 747 are not known although one B-17 was seen going down at Nucourt, apparently, directly hit by flak, This A.C appeared tob e from the high squadron, since plane 747 flew #3 position in the high squadron and A/C 903 and A/C 934 were indentified, it is presumed that A/C 747 was the plane reported as going down over Nucourt.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Solers, France.

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, www.fold3.com, WWII Draft Card, 1940 US Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten