Jack A Spaulding
Military ROLL OF HONOUROn 13 January 1943 in B-17 41-244898 while serving as Co-Pilot the aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with B-17 41-24471 "Four of a Kind" just north of the target at Lille, France. He was killed in the collision. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19063626
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18060194
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-726153
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14054282 and O-438511
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-727025
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 13 January 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Casper, Wyoming | 6 June 0920 | BornCasper, Wyoming |
Enlisted |
Fort Francis E Warren Cheyenne Wyoming | 15 August 1941 | EnlistedFort Francis E Warren Cheyenne Wyoming |
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Marcq-en-Baroeul, France | 13 January 1943 | Killed in Action (KIA)Marcq-en-Baroeul, France |
Buried |
Highland Cemetery Casper, Wyoming | 1 June 1949 | Re-InterredHighland CemeteryCasper, Wyoming |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 20-Jan-2015. Made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; Edited Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; added crew position and SN per MACR 15634.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 63, MACR 15502