WWII US Army Air Corps MIA
Lieutenant Jerrold E. Owens was the son of Wyatt Hamilton Owens and Maudie (Kuntz) Owens Coulter Longshore, born in Oklahoma, most likely Carter County. He had one sister, Theopa Christine (Owens) McNally Sheen.
After the divorce of his parents, Jerrold and his sister moved with their mother to Norman, Oklahoma, where he attended high school. The family then moved to California where he enlisted in the US Army Air Corps (forerunner of the US Air Force) on January 29, 1941 from March Field Riverside, Los Angeles County, California as a Private. He was married at that time to someone unknown to me.
Jerrold was a Co-Pilot on "The Pregnant Swan", aircraft #42-40069, from the 308th Bomb Group. The aircraft was lost with all aboard on a flight over "the Hump" in India.
The 9 dead were:
Acting Pilot: Major Robert W. Fensler
Pilot: 2nd Lt. Phillip G. Huffman
Co-Pilot: 2nd Lt. Jerrold E. Owens
Navigator: 2nd Lt. Frederick W. Ossenfort
Bombardier: 2nd Lt. Harvey M. Nix
Engineer: TSgt. Erle H. Thayer
Assistant Engineer: SSgt. Aubrey Stevensen
Radio Operator: TSgt. Norman A. Price
Assistant Radio Operator" SSgt Louis F. Verhagen
Gunner SSgt: Sandav E. Rivardo
Clayton Kuhles of Prescott, Arizona, is privately conducting MIA search expeditions to locate and document MIA Allied aircraft lost in Burma, India, Bangladesh and China during World War II. He found the site of Jerrold's wreckage in September, 2008.
Jerrold was listed by the war department as missing since March 21, 1943. Mr. Kuhles' efforts have finally helped bring some closure to our family for this long-lost hero who was a first cousin of my dad.
We continue to wait for his remains to be brought home.
Maternal Grandfather:
Jacob H Kuntz
Lieutenant Jerrold E. Owens was the son of Wyatt Hamilton Owens and Maudie (Kuntz) Owens Coulter Longshore, born in Oklahoma, most likely Carter County. He had one sister, Theopa Christine (Owens) McNally Sheen.
After the divorce of his parents, Jerrold and his sister moved with their mother to Norman, Oklahoma, where he attended high school. The family then moved to California where he enlisted in the US Army Air Corps (forerunner of the US Air Force) on January 29, 1941 from March Field Riverside, Los Angeles County, California as a Private. He was married at that time to someone unknown to me.
Jerrold was a Co-Pilot on "The Pregnant Swan", aircraft #42-40069, from the 308th Bomb Group. The aircraft was lost with all aboard on a flight over "the Hump" in India.
The 9 dead were:
Acting Pilot: Major Robert W. Fensler
Pilot: 2nd Lt. Phillip G. Huffman
Co-Pilot: 2nd Lt. Jerrold E. Owens
Navigator: 2nd Lt. Frederick W. Ossenfort
Bombardier: 2nd Lt. Harvey M. Nix
Engineer: TSgt. Erle H. Thayer
Assistant Engineer: SSgt. Aubrey Stevensen
Radio Operator: TSgt. Norman A. Price
Assistant Radio Operator" SSgt Louis F. Verhagen
Gunner SSgt: Sandav E. Rivardo
Clayton Kuhles of Prescott, Arizona, is privately conducting MIA search expeditions to locate and document MIA Allied aircraft lost in Burma, India, Bangladesh and China during World War II. He found the site of Jerrold's wreckage in September, 2008.
Jerrold was listed by the war department as missing since March 21, 1943. Mr. Kuhles' efforts have finally helped bring some closure to our family for this long-lost hero who was a first cousin of my dad.
We continue to wait for his remains to be brought home.
Maternal Grandfather:
Jacob H Kuntz
WWII US Army Air Corps MIA
Lieutenant Jerrold E. Owens was the son of Wyatt Hamilton Owens and Maudie (Kuntz) Owens Coulter Longshore, born in Oklahoma, most likely Carter County. He had one sister, Theopa Christine (Owens) McNally Sheen.
After the divorce of his parents, Jerrold and his sister moved with their mother to Norman, Oklahoma, where he attended high school. The family then moved to California where he enlisted in the US Army Air Corps (forerunner of the US Air Force) on January 29, 1941 from March Field Riverside, Los Angeles County, California as a Private. He was married at that time to someone unknown to me.
Jerrold was a Co-Pilot on "The Pregnant Swan", aircraft #42-40069, from the 308th Bomb Group. The aircraft was lost with all aboard on a flight over "the Hump" in India.
The 9 dead were:
Acting Pilot: Major Robert W. Fensler
Pilot: 2nd Lt. Phillip G. Huffman
Co-Pilot: 2nd Lt. Jerrold E. Owens
Navigator: 2nd Lt. Frederick W. Ossenfort
Bombardier: 2nd Lt. Harvey M. Nix
Engineer: TSgt. Erle H. Thayer
Assistant Engineer: SSgt. Aubrey Stevensen
Radio Operator: TSgt. Norman A. Price
Assistant Radio Operator" SSgt Louis F. Verhagen
Gunner SSgt: Sandav E. Rivardo
Clayton Kuhles of Prescott, Arizona, is privately conducting MIA search expeditions to locate and document MIA Allied aircraft lost in Burma, India, Bangladesh and China during World War II. He found the site of Jerrold's wreckage in September, 2008.
Jerrold was listed by the war department as missing since March 21, 1943. Mr. Kuhles' efforts have finally helped bring some closure to our family for this long-lost hero who was a first cousin of my dad.
We continue to wait for his remains to be brought home.
Maternal Grandfather:
Jacob H Kuntz
Lieutenant Jerrold E. Owens was the son of Wyatt Hamilton Owens and Maudie (Kuntz) Owens Coulter Longshore, born in Oklahoma, most likely Carter County. He had one sister, Theopa Christine (Owens) McNally Sheen.
After the divorce of his parents, Jerrold and his sister moved with their mother to Norman, Oklahoma, where he attended high school. The family then moved to California where he enlisted in the US Army Air Corps (forerunner of the US Air Force) on January 29, 1941 from March Field Riverside, Los Angeles County, California as a Private. He was married at that time to someone unknown to me.
Jerrold was a Co-Pilot on "The Pregnant Swan", aircraft #42-40069, from the 308th Bomb Group. The aircraft was lost with all aboard on a flight over "the Hump" in India.
The 9 dead were:
Acting Pilot: Major Robert W. Fensler
Pilot: 2nd Lt. Phillip G. Huffman
Co-Pilot: 2nd Lt. Jerrold E. Owens
Navigator: 2nd Lt. Frederick W. Ossenfort
Bombardier: 2nd Lt. Harvey M. Nix
Engineer: TSgt. Erle H. Thayer
Assistant Engineer: SSgt. Aubrey Stevensen
Radio Operator: TSgt. Norman A. Price
Assistant Radio Operator" SSgt Louis F. Verhagen
Gunner SSgt: Sandav E. Rivardo
Clayton Kuhles of Prescott, Arizona, is privately conducting MIA search expeditions to locate and document MIA Allied aircraft lost in Burma, India, Bangladesh and China during World War II. He found the site of Jerrold's wreckage in September, 2008.
Jerrold was listed by the war department as missing since March 21, 1943. Mr. Kuhles' efforts have finally helped bring some closure to our family for this long-lost hero who was a first cousin of my dad.
We continue to wait for his remains to be brought home.
Maternal Grandfather:
Jacob H Kuntz
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