Jesse Otis Watson Jr

Military
media-18049.png UPL 18049 S/Sgt Jesse Otis (J.O.) Watson the 563rd Bomb Squadron. Ball turret gunner.

Chris Brassfield

Object Number - UPL 18049 - S/Sgt Jesse Otis (J.O.) Watson the 563rd Bomb Squadron. Ball turret gunner.

Son of Jesse Otis and Dina Watson Sr



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An airman of the 388th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Gremlins Hideout". Handwritten on front of print: '388th BG.'

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  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Gremlin's Hideout
  • Unit: 45th Combat Bomb Wing 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Columbia, MO, USA 23 May 1921

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388th BG Combat Tour

Knettishall, Diss, Suffolk IP22, UK 6 July 1944 - 25 October 1944 39 missions

Died

New Bloomfield, MO 65063, USA 20 June 1985

Buried

Windsor, MO 65360, USA 24 June 1985 Laural Oak Cemetery Windsor Henry County Missouri, USA

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Chris Brassfield
388bg.info

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Transferred over information from duplicate record created by Jesse Watson's son, David56

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Army Air Force Entry Record.s

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This id Jesse Otis Watson Jr from Clinton, MO up on intery.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html

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