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Jonathan Pearson III

Military

Shot down by flak immediately after bombs away and crashed SE of Mons, Belgium on a mission to Berlin on 4 March 1944 in B-17 #42-31565. Evaded with the help of the Belgian COMET evasion network. Hidden in the secret camp in the Fréteval Forest near Châteaudun, France, until Liberation in August 1944. See http://www.evasioncomete.be/fpearsojo.html

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Units served with

335th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

95th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Donald Raymond Egan

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 16044786 and O-682089
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Emory Thurman Kesterson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 38046850
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Floyd Charles Noullet

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 33305496
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Eugene Stanislaus Purnell

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 39031820
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Rodney Patterson Roehm

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 16056598 and O-747321
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31565

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Lassie Come Home
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron

Missions

A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 100th Bomb Group in flight.

8th Air Force 247

Date: 4 March 1944

Places

Horham

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date
Born	New York State, United States	29 April 1920
Enlisted	Albany, New York, United States	14 May 1942
Other Evaded		4 March 1944
Died	Schenectady, New York, United States	30 January 1991

Revisions

Date17 Dec 2021 14:03:44

ContributorED-BB

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Updated website address for www.evasioncomete.be

Date15 Dec 2017 16:10:51

Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 2795;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date26 Jul 2015 10:06:38

ContributorED-BB

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added nickname and suffix to name

Date26 Jul 2015 10:05:11

ContributorED-BB

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MACR 2795
NARA WWII Enlistment records
Escape & Evasion report E&E 1063

Date27 Sep 2014 18:16:55

ContributorAAM

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2795, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces