Lyle D Jones

Military
media-18538.jpeg UPL 18538 Lyle D Jones Flight Engineer

Gary Hall

Object Number - UPL 18538 - Lyle D Jones Flight Engineer

Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Stendahl in B-17 'Time A-Wastin' 42-102504; hit by flak, exploded mid-air near Stendahl Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 14295



Awards: AM, PH, POW, GC, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16119867 / O-828502
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Time's A-Wastin'" of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Times A-Wastin
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Baled out POW

Stendal, Germany 8 April 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) Stendahl in B-17 'Time A-Wastin' 42-102504; hit by flak, exploded mid-air near Stendahl POW MACR 14295

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 8 April 1945 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Born

Cowden, Illinois, USA Son of Delbert Jones.

Based

Prisoner of War (POW)

Bassingbourn 8 April 1945 Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Gary Hall

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 14295 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self MACR 14295

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