Cecil Jones
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down by fighters and crashed at Uklei on 6/21/44 in B-24 #4295145 Killed in Action (KIA) Flew 11 missions in all.
Staff Sergeant Cecil Jones was born March 23, 1921. His next of kin were his father, Leondas Jones, and three brothers, Alfred, Ercil, and Charles. Ercil was killed while flying on detached service with the RAF on January 2, 1944. He was from Forest, Louisiana.
He was serving as a gunner aboard B-24 tail #42-95145 of the 389th Bomb Group, 566th Bomb Squadron, when his plane went down over Koenigwasterhausen, Germany, on June 21, 1944.
Because the remains of SSGT Jones and his crewmates could not be separately identified, they were buried together in a group grave at the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 12th Replacement Control Depot
- Service Numbers: 10601048
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
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Born |
Forest, Louisiana, USA | 23 March 1921 | Staff Sergeant Cecil Jones was born March 23, 1921. His next of kin were his father, Leondas Jones, and three brothers, Alfred, Ercil, and Charles. Ercil was killed while flying on detached service with the RAF on January 2, 1944. He was from Forest, Louisiana. |
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Died |
21 June 1944 | ||
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Buried |
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St Louis, Missouri | Because the remains of SSGT Jones and his crewmates could not be separately identified, they were buried together in a group grave at the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri. | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Königs Wusterhausen, Germany | 21 June 1944 | He was serving as a gunner aboard B-24 tail #42-95145 of the 389th Bomb Group, 566th Bomb Squadron, when his plane went down over Koenigwasterhausen, Germany, on June 21, 1944. |
Revisions
IDPF and/or crash report researched by Bill Beigel. IDPF donated to American Air Museum by Bill Beigel. For more information about this flyer, you may contact http://ww2research.com.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6528 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database