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Personal info

Full name
JONES, Paul Sherwood
Date of birth
5 April 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
O-809516
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Navigator
Unit
369th Bombardment Squadron,
306th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 February 1944
Place of death
Voiswinkel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 24 12

Immediate family

Members
Arthur G. Jones (father)
Georgia A. (Sherwood) Jones (mother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-31007
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Texas Glad
Destination: Frankfurt, Germany
Mission: bombing of the industrial area and railroad yards
MACR: 2239

More information

2nd Lt Paul S. Jones graduated from Arlington High School in 1939. He attended the University of Chicago.

He enlisted in July 1942.

Lt Jones was found on the ground. His parachute had been opened but he appeared to have died from internal injuries.

He is also remembered at the cemetery of Shannon, New Brunswick, Canada.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S.,
Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930 census / 1940 census, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, http://www.306bg.us/, www.canadianheadstones.ca, Arlington High School 1939