Jonathan S Land

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 3 January 1943 in B-17F #41-24526 'Leaping Liz' while serving as Left Waist Gunner. Target was U/B yards (submarines) at St. Nazaire, France. Fighters attacked and plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). Participated in 4 Operations - 1 Abort (See Biography events)

Air Medal, Purple Heart

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Units served with

303rd Bomb Group

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

358th Bomb Squadron

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

Aircraft

41-24526

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Leapin Liz
Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron

41-24539

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Jersey Bounce
Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron

Missions

VIII Bomber Command 28

Date: 3 January 1943

VIII Fighter Command DIVERSION

Date: 20 December 1942

VIII Bomber Command 25

Date: 12 December 1942
Official Description:

VIII Bomber Command 22

Date: 22 November 1942
Official Description:

Places

Molesworth

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other Mission #1 SGT Jonathan S. Land w/B 1-7F 41-24539, 303BG/358BS	Lorient, France	22 November 1942	Served as Right Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24539 "Jersey Bounce", 303BG/358BS on mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. (RTB OK)
Other Mission #3 SGT Jonathan S. Land w/B-17F 41-24526, 303BG/358BS	Romilly-sur-Seine, France	20 December 1942	Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24526 "Leapin' Liz", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France (RTB OK).
Other Killed in Action (KIA)	Saint-Nazaire, France	3 January 1943	Killed when aircraft was shot down by enemy fighters and crashed into the sea near the target. Jis remains have never been recovered.
Other Mission #4 SGT Jonathan S. Land w/B-17F 41-24526, 303BG/358BS KIA	Saint-Nazaire, France	3 January 1943	Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24526 "Leapin' Liz", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the torpedo storage areas at St. Nazaire, France. (KIA)
Other Mission #2 SGT Jonathan S. Land w/B-17F 41-24526, 303BG/358BS - Aborted	Rouen, France	12 December 1943	Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24526 "Leapin' Liz", 303BG/358BS. Mission was to bomb the railroad yards at Rouen, France but mechanical filures forced the Pilot to abandon the mission. (RTB OK).
Born	Penn Grove, New Jersey or New Castle, Delaware
Other Commemorated	Saint-James, France		Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Brittany American Cemetery

Revisions

Date8 Mar 2023 18:23:50

Contributorjmoore43

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Added some punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

Date10 Aug 2015 22:27:00

ContributorLee8thbuff

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Lee Cunningham 10-Aug-2015 Corrected typos on "Jonathan".

Date10 Aug 2015 22:24:28

ContributorLee8thbuff

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Lee Cunningham 10-Aug-2015. Made connections to Aircraft and Missions and added Mission events #1 thru #4 per 303BG webiste Mission Reports, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/

Date13 Jan 2015 21:01:51

ContributorLee8thbuff

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Lee Cunningham 13-Jan-2015. Added SN and KIA event per MACR 7650; added decorations and Commemoration event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; added crew position and made minor edits to biography.

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 7650 / MACR 7650, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 60, WWII Memorial web site / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database