Missing In Action Son of Joseph E. & Nellie (Burk) Jones. Service # T-133775. He resided in Perry County, Illinois prior to the war. This memorial is a cenotgraph.
Donald served as a Flight Officer & Navigator on B-24M #44-42364, 370th Bomber Squadron, 307th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
B-24M #44-42364 took off, with a crew of 9, on a bombing mission over Balikpapan, Indonesia. During the bombing run over the target they were hit by anti-aircraft fire that either disabled or damaged all four engines.
They crew was given the order to bailout over the open ocean and the entire crew did. 7 members of the crew were later rescued and 2 were lost in the sea.
Donald was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
Flight Officer Donald B Jones is listed on the Wall of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines
FindaGrave Memorial 56770601 lists his monument.
Donald served as a Flight Officer & Navigator on B-24M #44-42364, 370th Bomber Squadron, 307th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
B-24M #44-42364 took off, with a crew of 9, on a bombing mission over Balikpapan, Indonesia. During the bombing run over the target they were hit by anti-aircraft fire that either disabled or damaged all four engines.
They crew was given the order to bailout over the open ocean and the entire crew did. 7 members of the crew were later rescued and 2 were lost in the sea.
Donald was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
Flight Officer Donald B Jones is listed on the Wall of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines
FindaGrave Memorial 56770601 lists his monument.
Missing In Action Son of Joseph E. & Nellie (Burk) Jones. Service # T-133775. He resided in Perry County, Illinois prior to the war. This memorial is a cenotgraph.
Donald served as a Flight Officer & Navigator on B-24M #44-42364, 370th Bomber Squadron, 307th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
B-24M #44-42364 took off, with a crew of 9, on a bombing mission over Balikpapan, Indonesia. During the bombing run over the target they were hit by anti-aircraft fire that either disabled or damaged all four engines.
They crew was given the order to bailout over the open ocean and the entire crew did. 7 members of the crew were later rescued and 2 were lost in the sea.
Donald was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
Flight Officer Donald B Jones is listed on the Wall of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines
FindaGrave Memorial 56770601 lists his monument.
Donald served as a Flight Officer & Navigator on B-24M #44-42364, 370th Bomber Squadron, 307th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
B-24M #44-42364 took off, with a crew of 9, on a bombing mission over Balikpapan, Indonesia. During the bombing run over the target they were hit by anti-aircraft fire that either disabled or damaged all four engines.
They crew was given the order to bailout over the open ocean and the entire crew did. 7 members of the crew were later rescued and 2 were lost in the sea.
Donald was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
Flight Officer Donald B Jones is listed on the Wall of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines
FindaGrave Memorial 56770601 lists his monument.
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