Name | Jackson, Billy J (IO) ‡ |
Rank | Private / Staff Sergeant |
Serial Number | 18076024 ‡ |
Unit Assignments |
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Duty | Ball Turret Gunner |
MOS | 748 - Army Airplane Mechanic / Gunner, Flight Engineer |
Last Duty Date | 8 March 1944 |
Results | Completed Tour, Returned to USA |
Decorations | Awarded the Purple Heart medal for wounds received on 30 July 1943 per General Orders #88, Headquarters, 1st Bomb Wing dated 16 August 1943. |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Accident Report # 43-05-19-11⇓ (5.690 MB) |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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-- | 19 May 1943 |
None Non-combat sortie |
Passenger | 42‑5851⇗ |
Non-combat sortie, ferrying aircraft from AAB Kearney, Nebraska, to Dow Field, Bangor, Maine, en-route to combat assignment in England. Failure of the left brake and subsequent pilot actions resulted in extensive damage to the aircraft. Sortie Report⇗ |
1⇗ | 22 June 1943 |
Target: General Motors Truck Factory Type: Industry Location: Antwerp, Belgium |
Ball Turret | 42‑30065⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
2⇗ | 25 June 1943 |
Target: Industrial Area & Submarine Pens Type: Military Location: Hamburg, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑30065⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Bombed an unknown city. Sortie Report⇗ |
4⇗ | 28 June 1943 |
Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Beaumont-le-Roger, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑3235⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑5849. Turned back with top turret and ball turret problems. Sortie Report⇗ |
5⇗ | 29 June 1943 |
Target: duNord Aircraft Works, Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑30043⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
6⇗ | 4 July 1943 |
Target: Gnome et Rhone Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Le Mans, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑30065⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
8⇗ | 14 July 1943 |
Target: Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France |
Ball Turret | 42‑30065⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
9⇗ | 24 July 1943 |
Target: Aluminum & Magnesium Plants Type: Industry Location: Herøya, Norway |
Ball Turret | 42‑30065⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
11⇗ | 28 July 1943 |
Target: Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑30065⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
12⇗ | 29 July 1943 |
Target: Naval Base Type: Military Location: Kiel, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑30065⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
13⇗ | 30 July 1943 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑30065⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Landed away at Horham, AAF Station 119, on return with extensive battle damage, low fuel, and a wounded crewman. Sortie Report⇗ |
36⇗ | 16 November 1943 |
Target: Knaben II Molybdenum Mine Type: Industry Location: Knaben, Norway |
Ball Turret | 42‑29987⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
39⇗ | 1 December 1943 |
Target: Non-Ferrous Metals Plant Type: Industry Location: Solingen, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑39784⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑5838. Sortie Report⇗ |
40⇗ | 5 December 1943 |
Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France |
Ball Turret | 42‑5838⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Flying spare; joined formation for duration of mission. Sortie Report⇗ |
41⇗ | 11 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑3441⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
42⇗ | 13 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑3441⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead group, high Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
45⇗ | 22 December 1943 |
Target: Steel Shops/Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Osnabrück, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑5838⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead Sortie Report⇗ |
47⇗ | 30 December 1943 |
Target: I. G. Farben Industrie, Chemical/Synthetic Rubber Plants Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑3087⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
48⇗ | 31 December 1943 |
Target: Blockade Runner 'Orsone' (name of ship) Type: Transportation Location: [Mouth of River Garonne], France |
Ball Turret | 42‑5444⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group lead, because lead ship had to be replaced; Capt Frink transferred to this ship. Landed away at Kimbolton; bombs returned. Sortie Report⇗ |
53⇗ | 14 January 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Meillard, France |
Ball Turret | 42‑5444⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
54⇗ | 21 January 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France |
Ball Turret | 42‑3441⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41B Group, Low Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
60⇗ | 6 February 1944 |
Target: Nancy/Essey Aerodrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France |
Ball Turret | 42‑31433⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
63⇗ | 20 February 1944 |
Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑29703⇗ |
41B Group. Did not take off. Sortie Report⇗ |
64⇗ | 21 February 1944 |
Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Werl, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑37801⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Wing deputy, 41st B Combat Wing. Sortie Report⇗ |
65⇗ | 22 February 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt & Aschersleben, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑37801⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off 41B Group, High Squadron Lead; landed away at RAF Eastchurch, Essex, due to severe snow storm. Sortie Report⇗ |
67⇗ | 25 February 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly & Ball Bearings Plants Type: Industry Location: Augsburg & Stuttgart, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑31871⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off 41A Group, Low Squadron Deputy. Aborted 10 miles NW of Splasher 1 due to an oxygen leak. Sortie Report⇗ |
69⇗ | 2 March 1944 |
Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant and Machine Shop Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑31871⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
70⇗ | 3 March 1944 |
Target: Roller-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑31433⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
71⇗ | 4 March 1944 |
Type: Military Location: Berlin, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑31433⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
72⇗ | 6 March 1944 |
Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑37801⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off High group deputy, 40th Composite Combat Wing. Returned to base after group leader abandoned attempt to join assigned combat wing. Sortie Report⇗ |
73⇗ | 8 March 1944 |
Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑37801⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Wing deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |