Jack Stanley Jones (1918 - 1943)

Born 23 Sep 1918 in Washington, Louisiana, United States

Died 1 Aug 1943 at age 24 in Bulgaria

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Biography

Jack Jones was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States).

Jack Jones was awarded the Purple Heart.

Jack Jones was awarded the Air Medal.

Captain Jack Jones served in the United States Army Air Forces in World War II
Service started:
Unit(s): 330th Bombardment Squadron, 93rd Bombardment Group, Ninth Air Force
Service ended: 1 Aug 1943

Captain Jack Jones was Killed in Action over Romania in Operation Tidal Wave during World War II.

Jack was born 23 September 1918 in Washington, Louisiana.

He was killed in action when the B-24 bomber, Exterminator, crashed following a mid-air collision over Bulgaria while returning from Ploesti, Romania during Operation Tidal Wave on 1 August 1943. Jack was a mission observer on the bomber. He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for the mission.

• 1920 - Washington, Louisiana, United States.^[1]
• 1930 - Police Jury Ward 6, Washington, Louisiana, United States.^[2]
• 1940 - Police Jury Ward 6, Washington, Louisiana, United States.^[3]

Find A Grave: Memorial #40055814

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVW6-8MH : accessed 28 December 2020), Jack S Jones in household of Wilson W Jones, Washington, Louisiana, United States; citing ED 145, sheet 9B, line 100, family 170, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 635; FHL microfilm 1,820,635.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMT6-92M : accessed 28 December 2020), Stanley Jones in household of Wilson Jones, Police Jury Ward 6, Washington, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 17, sheet 7A, line 39, family 142, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 824; FHL microfilm 2,340,559.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VY5B-LTV : 5 February 2020), Jack S Jones in household of Wilson W Jones, Police Jury Ward 6, Washington, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 59-21, sheet 1B, line 41, family 10, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1463.

• Ancestry.com. U.S., National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Interment Control Forms, 1928–1962. Interment Control Forms, A1 2110-B. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774–1985, Record Group 92. The National Archives at College Park, College Park, Maryland. Ancestry Record 2590 #1706892
• ARMY BRIEFS, The Shreveport Journal, Shreveport, Louisiana, 01 Oct 1940, Tue • Page 5
• SHREVEPORT MEN GIVEN AIR MEDALS, The Times, Shreveport, Louisiana, 30 Mar 1943, Tue • Page 11
• Killed In Action, Daily World, Opelousas, Louisiana, 26 Aug 1943, Thu • Page 3
• 25 Louisiana Men Took Part in Ploesti Refinery Raid, 8 Missing, The Times, Shreveport, Louisiana, 17 Nov 1943, Wed • Page 7