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Personal info

Full name
LOVELESS, Jack H

Date of birth
26 September 1921

Age
21

Place of birth
Laurel, Princes George's County, Maryland

Hometown
Mount Rainier, Prince Georges County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33373037

Rank
Staff Sergeant

Function
Ball Turret Gunner

Unit
331st Bombardment Squadron,
94th Bombardment Group, Heavy

Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action

Date of death
17 August 1943

Place of death
Dr. Vanderhoeydonckstraat
Lummen-Oostereinde, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes

Plot	Row	Grave
D	3	52

Immediate family

Members
Richard F. Loveless (father)
Bessie R. (Britton) Loveless (mother)
Doris M. Loveless (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-30389

Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Dear Mom
Destination: Regensburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Messerschmitt aircraft factory
MACR: 323

More information

S/Sgt Jack H. Loveless enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 26 August 1942.

The airplane was hit during a frontal attack by Major Borris of JG-26.

One crew member was taken prisoner, two men evaded capture and six men were killed. They were initially buried at the cemetery of the airfield of Sint-Truiden, Belgium on 20 August 1943.

At the location of the crash, a monument was erected in memory of the crew.