42-106654 Jersey Bounce
Assigned to 362FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Lutzendorff escort mission with 2Lt Howard L Johnson. Returning to base with a sick engine, Lt Johnson rolled A/C on it's back and baled out when engine quit, vicinity of Gembloux, Belgium. MACR 8652
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 362nd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-701767
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot, Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 362nd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12093137 / O-751451
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Gembloux, Belgium | 13 September 1944 - 13 September 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Lutzendorff escort mission with 2Lt Howard L Johnson. Returning to base with a sick engine, rolled A/C on it's back and baled out, vicinity of Gembloux, Belgium. MACR 8652 |
Assigned |
Leiston, UK | Assigned to 362FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Manufactured |
Inglewood, CA | Built at North American. |
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Sources
MACR 8652 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database