Jack A Haynes
MilitaryAssigned to 574BS, 391BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Ahrweiler, Germany in B-26 42-95798 hit by flak and by fighters with one engine out, the tail gun position out of service and the bomb bay aflame, crew baled out. In baling out, through the flames from the aircraft, chute was set alight Killed in Action (KIA). 23-Dec-44. MACR 11673.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit: 391st Bomb Group 574th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 23 December 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Matching Green
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Syracuse, NY, USA | 10 September 1919 | Son of Clyde W and Bertha E Haynes. |
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Enlisted |
Nashville, TN, USA | 7 October 1942 | Nashville AC Facilities Tennessee USA |
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Died |
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany | 23 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Ahrweiler, Germany in B-26 42-95798 hit by flak and by fighters with one engine out, the tail gun position out of service and the bomb bay aflame, crew baled out. In baling out, through the flames from the aircraft, chute was set alight KIA. 23-Dec-44. MACR 11673. |
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Buried |
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany | 24 December 1944 | Ahrweiler Cemetery |
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Based |
Matching | 23 December 1944 | Assigned to 574BS, 391BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Baldwinsville, NY 13027, USA | Riverview Cemetery Baldwinsville Onondaga County NY | |
| New York, NY, USA |
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