Marion Elmo Jackson
Military
Object Number - UPL 42937 - Capt Marion Elmo 'Jack' Jackson 336FS, 4FG, 8AF.
Joined RAFVR, assigned to 133S, Damaged Bf109 23-5-41, transferred to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 1.5 Vicories. On the mission to Morlaix 26-Sep-42, Capt Jackson scored the 4th Fighter Group's first kill in Spitfire Mk IX BS279. He shot down a Fw190 in the air over Brest Peninsula, France and then was shot down himself. Wounded in the subsequent crash landing, he spent 8 weeks in hospital before sent to Stalag Luft III as a Prisoner of War (POW). He was able to escape for about ten days by jumping from the roof of his cell house into a load of evergreen branches being hauled away from the camp.
Awards: AM, PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
Missions
- Date: 26 September 1942
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
- Site type: Memorial
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Santa Anna, TX | 13 March 1911 | |
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Other E/A Damaged |
Calais, France | 23 May 1941 | Damaged Me 109. |
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Other Transferred |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 14 September 1942 - 26 September 1942 | Transferred to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Wounded in crash landing |
Paris, France | 26 September 1942 - 26 November 1942 | Wounded in the crash landing, he spent 8 weeks in hospital before being imprisoned. |
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Other Shot down |
Brest, France | 26 September 1942 | Shot down in Spitfire Mk IX BS279 over Brest on return from Morlaix mission. |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
Brest, France | 26 September 1942 | Scored the 4th Fighter Group's first kill in Spitfire Mk IX BS279. Shot down a Fw190 in the air over Brest Peninsula, France. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 26 November 1942 - 4 June 1945 | Held at Stalag Luft III, Sagan-Silesia (now Poland) later moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 4-Jun-45. |
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Died |
King County, CA | 20 June 2002 | |
| California, USA | |||
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Other Joined RAFVR |
Canada | Joined Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. | |
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Other Assigned |
Biggin Hill, London SE19 3HY, UK | 14 September 1942 | Assigned to 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF. |
Revisions
Added connections to the 335th FS, 4th FG & 8th AF mentioned in "Summary biography".
EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3569
EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3569
EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3569
Lee Cunningham 16-Nov-2014. Added POW event. National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database.
Lee Cunningham 22-Oct-2014. "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John Hey MBE; National Archives Records Administration (NARA) POW database; Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Operations_Group
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor
