Ercil Jones

Military

Enlisted in RCAF in 1940. Primary Flight Training as pilot. Gunnery School. Flew as rear gunner for RCAF until June 1943. Enlisted in June 1943 in AAF as T/Sergeant. assigned to 12th Replacement Control Depot and put on detached service with the RAF. Killed in Action (KIA) while flying with RAF Squadron 101 on mission to Berlin on 2 February 1944.



Air Medal, Purple Heart w/Oak Leaf Cluster and RCAF medals



Technical Sergeant Ercil Jones was born March 25, 1919. His next of kin were his father, Leondas Jones, and a sister, Lavern Regus. His brother, SSGT Cecil Jones, was shot down over Koenigwasterhausen, Germany, on June 21, 1944. His hometown was Pioneer, Louisiana.

His unit was the 12th Replacement Control Depot, but he was serving with a crew in the RAF. On January 2, 1944, his Lancaster, of No. 101 Squadron, was shot down over Berlin, Germany. His remains were never recovered.

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Born

Forest, Louisiana 25 March 1919 Technical Sergeant Ercil Jones was born March 25, 1919. His next of kin were his father, Leondas Jones, and a sister, Lavern Regus. His brother, SSGT Cecil Jones, was shot down over Koenigwasterhausen, Germany, on June 21, 1944. His hometown was Pioneer, Louisiana.

Died

2 January 1944 His unit was the 12th Replacement Control Depot, but he was serving with a crew in the RAF. On January 2, 1944, his Lancaster, of the 101st Squadron, was shot down over Berlin, Germany.

Buried

British War Cemetery,Heerstrasse, Berlin His remains were never recovered.

Other

Commemorated at Cambridge American Cemetery on the Tablets of the Missing

Revisions

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ContributorLucy May
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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.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / F/Lt A.M.Dixson, RAF 10/30/44