Captain Jacobs is missing in Air War over Europe
Relatives of Capt. Randolph Jacobs, former Fort Wayne resident, have learned that he has been missing in action over Europe since May 1. Captain Jacobs was a pilot of a B-17 based in England and was the holder of the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with Three Oak Leaf Clusters.
Not long after he arrived in England and started on the mission he and most of his crew escaped from a Fortress which went down over the Channel. Later he was cited for piloting a badly damaged plane to safety. When he had completed enough missions to come home, he chose to stay on to complete five more.
Capt. Jacobs is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Jacobs and brother of Miss Georgianna Jacobs, all of Chicago.
He is a graduate of South Side High School and was associated in business with his father who owned a music store here. He was with the first class of cadets to graduate from George Field, Illinois on December 13, 1942. He went overseas on July, 1943.
Relatives of his in Fort Wayne are Mrs. Albert Krueper; Mrs. Verne Mitchell and Mrs. Fred Smith.
From the May 24, 1944 Journal~Gazette.
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Suggested edit: 8th Air Force, 384th Bombardment Group (H), 544th Bombardment Group (H)
Captain Randolph George Edward Jacobs was Killed in Action while serving as the Pilot of B-17 42-31211 (Reno's Raider) when the aircraft was hit by continuous, tracking flak about 40 seconds before bomb release; the aircraft received a direct burst beneath the pilot's compartment; started into a steep spiral; and crashed about 7 miles southwest of valognes, France on 8 May 1944.
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Relatives of Capt. Randolph Jacobs, former Fort Wayne resident, have learned that he has been missing in action over Europe since May 1. Captain Jacobs was a pilot of a B-17 based in England and was the holder of the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with Three Oak Leaf Clusters.
Not long after he arrived in England and started on the mission he and most of his crew escaped from a Fortress which went down over the Channel. Later he was cited for piloting a badly damaged plane to safety. When he had completed enough missions to come home, he chose to stay on to complete five more.
Capt. Jacobs is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Jacobs and brother of Miss Georgianna Jacobs, all of Chicago.
He is a graduate of South Side High School and was associated in business with his father who owned a music store here. He was with the first class of cadets to graduate from George Field, Illinois on December 13, 1942. He went overseas on July, 1943.
Relatives of his in Fort Wayne are Mrs. Albert Krueper; Mrs. Verne Mitchell and Mrs. Fred Smith.
From the May 24, 1944 Journal~Gazette.
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Suggested edit: 8th Air Force, 384th Bombardment Group (H), 544th Bombardment Group (H)
Captain Randolph George Edward Jacobs was Killed in Action while serving as the Pilot of B-17 42-31211 (Reno's Raider) when the aircraft was hit by continuous, tracking flak about 40 seconds before bomb release; the aircraft received a direct burst beneath the pilot's compartment; started into a steep spiral; and crashed about 7 miles southwest of valognes, France on 8 May 1944.
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=5942
Contributor: Ellefson (47368288)
Captain Jacobs is missing in Air War over Europe
Relatives of Capt. Randolph Jacobs, former Fort Wayne resident, have learned that he has been missing in action over Europe since May 1. Captain Jacobs was a pilot of a B-17 based in England and was the holder of the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with Three Oak Leaf Clusters.
Not long after he arrived in England and started on the mission he and most of his crew escaped from a Fortress which went down over the Channel. Later he was cited for piloting a badly damaged plane to safety. When he had completed enough missions to come home, he chose to stay on to complete five more.
Capt. Jacobs is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Jacobs and brother of Miss Georgianna Jacobs, all of Chicago.
He is a graduate of South Side High School and was associated in business with his father who owned a music store here. He was with the first class of cadets to graduate from George Field, Illinois on December 13, 1942. He went overseas on July, 1943.
Relatives of his in Fort Wayne are Mrs. Albert Krueper; Mrs. Verne Mitchell and Mrs. Fred Smith.
From the May 24, 1944 Journal~Gazette.
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Suggested edit: 8th Air Force, 384th Bombardment Group (H), 544th Bombardment Group (H)
Captain Randolph George Edward Jacobs was Killed in Action while serving as the Pilot of B-17 42-31211 (Reno's Raider) when the aircraft was hit by continuous, tracking flak about 40 seconds before bomb release; the aircraft received a direct burst beneath the pilot's compartment; started into a steep spiral; and crashed about 7 miles southwest of valognes, France on 8 May 1944.
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=5942
Contributor: Ellefson (47368288)
Relatives of Capt. Randolph Jacobs, former Fort Wayne resident, have learned that he has been missing in action over Europe since May 1. Captain Jacobs was a pilot of a B-17 based in England and was the holder of the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with Three Oak Leaf Clusters.
Not long after he arrived in England and started on the mission he and most of his crew escaped from a Fortress which went down over the Channel. Later he was cited for piloting a badly damaged plane to safety. When he had completed enough missions to come home, he chose to stay on to complete five more.
Capt. Jacobs is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Jacobs and brother of Miss Georgianna Jacobs, all of Chicago.
He is a graduate of South Side High School and was associated in business with his father who owned a music store here. He was with the first class of cadets to graduate from George Field, Illinois on December 13, 1942. He went overseas on July, 1943.
Relatives of his in Fort Wayne are Mrs. Albert Krueper; Mrs. Verne Mitchell and Mrs. Fred Smith.
From the May 24, 1944 Journal~Gazette.
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Suggested edit: 8th Air Force, 384th Bombardment Group (H), 544th Bombardment Group (H)
Captain Randolph George Edward Jacobs was Killed in Action while serving as the Pilot of B-17 42-31211 (Reno's Raider) when the aircraft was hit by continuous, tracking flak about 40 seconds before bomb release; the aircraft received a direct burst beneath the pilot's compartment; started into a steep spiral; and crashed about 7 miles southwest of valognes, France on 8 May 1944.
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=5942
Contributor: Ellefson (47368288)
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