Jack Simmons Jenkins
MilitaryIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Assigned to HQ Sqn, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed near Coulommiers on 10-Apr-44 in P-38 42-67825 'Texas Ranger'. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 3620.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, PH, POW, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).
20-Nov-43 - Air Medal; 6-Dec-43 - Oakleaf Cluster [to AM]; 20-Dec-43 - Oakleaf Cluster [to AM]; 27-Dec-43 - Oakleaf Cluster [to AM]; 20-Jan-44 - Distinguished Flying Cross.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6255403
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-753761
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 10 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
De Leon, TX 76444, USA | 17 November 1914 | Son of Marion Travis and Dorothy S Jenkins. |
Enlisted |
15 January 1938 | ||
Other E/A Destroyed |
Spiekeroog, Germany | 11 March 1943 | Me109 Destroyed Isle Spiekeroog. 11-Mar-43. |
Other E/A Probable |
Wilhelmshaven, Germany | 11 March 1943 | Fw190 Probable Wilhelmshaven. 11-Mar-43. |
Other E/A Destroyed |
La Bassée, France | 25 November 1943 | Fw190 Destroyed La Bassee, France. |
Other E/A Damaged |
Dümmer, Germany | 11 January 1944 | Me210 Damaged Dummer Lake, Germany. 11-Jan-44. |
Other Promoted |
Wormingford, Colchester, Essex CO6, UK | 28 March 1944 | Promoted Colonel. |
Other Shot down Flak |
Coulommiers, France | 10 April 1944 | Crashed near Coulommiers on 10-Apr-44 in P-38 'Texas Ranger' 42-67825 POW. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 10 April 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). POW #101579. |
Other C/O 50th TFW |
1 September 1959 - 15 July 1962 | Commanded 50th Tactical Fighter Wing. | |
Other Discharged USAF |
31 August 1968 | Honourable discharge. | |
Buried |
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio Bexar County, TX | 12 April 1988 | Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio Bexar County, Texas, USA. |
Died |
San Antonio, TX | 9 April 1998 | |
Levelland, TX 79336, USA | |||
Other Promoted |
Wormingford, Colchester, Essex CO6, UK | Promoted Lt Colonel. | |
Other Post WWII |
Served in both Korean and Vietnam wars. | ||
Based |
Wormingford | 10 April 1944 | Assigned to HQ Sqn, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |