Andrew L Jackson
Military ROLL OF HONOUROriginally assigned to the 303BG/359BS as an Aerial Gunner at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho on 13-Feb-42. However, he was reassigned to the 97BG prior to the 303BG's deployment to Molesworth in September 1942. Date of reassignment not determined.
Shot down 21 October 1942 in B-17 41-24344 while serving as Tail Gunner. Killed in Action (KIA).
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 414th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 21 October 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Plouescat, France | 21 October 1942 | Aircraft shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed at Plouescat, France. |
Born |
Phoeniz, Arizona, USA | ||
Buried Killed in Action (KIA) |
Saint-James, France | 21 October 1942 | Originally buried by the Germans in the cemetery of Plouescat, France on 27-Oct-1942. After the war his remains were re-interred at the Brittany American Cemetery, Plot I, Row 19, Grave 6. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 19-Nov-2014. Association with 303BG ingested form the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force in Savannah, Georgia, resulting in a DUPLICATE entry. That information has been COMBINED into this single entry. The association and disposition with 303BG in the Summary Biography was confirmed with Mt. Gray Moncur, website historian of the 303BG, http://www.303rdbg.com/ via an e-mail inquiry of Mr. Moncur by Mr. Cunningham. All other details from MACR 15352.
Lee Cunningham 27-Oct-2014 American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) MACR 15352
Lee Cunningham 27-Oct-2014. Missing AIr Crew Report (MACR) 15352.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15352 / MACR 15352, Losses of the 8th and 9th AF Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 38 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database