The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

Jack C Burns

HQ816th

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Army serial number
18133051
Rank
Sgt (6 December 1943), SSGT (24 May 1944), SSGT (14 June 1944), SSGT (6 July 1944), T/Sgt (5 September 1944)
Hometown
Barnsdall OK; BARNSDALL OK; Barnsdale OK
Also written
Jack Burns
Sources
483bg-record, assoc-roster, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 18133051); verify another record shares the name Burns, Jack C (units HQ, 816th, 817th, serials 18133051, None); may be the same man

Awards

DateAwardGeneral orderRank then
24 May 1944Air Medal597SSGT
14 June 1944Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster1027SSGT
6 July 1944Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster1620SSGT

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Morning reports

6 entries, first 30 November 1943, last 5 September 1944; grades seen: Sgt, T/Sgt. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 35, roll 458053820 p. 41, roll 458053820 p. 127, roll 458053820 p. 193, roll 461010974 p. 776, roll 570165454 p. 2620

Statements, mentions and histories

Casualty questionnaire, page 11 · 18 July 1944
AFPPA-11
INDIVIDUAL CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
Name of crew member:
Burns, Jack c.
File 6978
Rank:
s/sigt
Serial number:
18049709
Position: Crew (Bomber) Asst Radio Operater
Did he bail out?
No
Where?
If not, why not?
He was killed in the ball Turret
Last contact or conversation just prior to or at time of loss of plane :
Before the
first wave of fighters hit us. Interphone was shot out.
Was he injured?
Killed
Where was he when last seen?
In the ball turret.
Any hearsay information:
Information all hearsay so to say. It is
just what the boys in the back of the ship told me when I saw
them later; during or arter our confinement in Germany, As
Bombardier of course, I had no opportunity to see Jack in the
back of the ship with my onn eyes.
Source:
Any explanation of his fate based in part or wholly on supposition :
Total number of missions of above crew member:
About forty
Dates and destinations if possible:
T.Blanchird
John T. Blanchard
lst. Lt. O.R.C.
6-3861, AF

National Archives, MACR 6978, page 11 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.

Casualty questionnaire, page 14 · 18 July 1944
AFPPA-11
INDIVIDUAL CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
Name of crew member:
Burns, Jack C.
File 6978
Rank:
s/Sgt
Serial number:
18049709
Position: Crew (Bomber) Asst Radio Operator
Did he bail out? No
Where?
If not, why not? I believe he was killed iN The baLL TuRReTT
Last contact or conversation just prior to or at time of loss of plane: CRew
check c N iNTeRPhoNs Just before act ion begaN.
Was he injured? No.
Where was he when last seen? IN The baLL TURReTT
Any hearsay information NONe.
Source: : NONe
Any explanation of his fate based in part or wholly on supposition: My position
was heal waist. We weRe shot down by evemy aiRaction
OURShip was Riddled, ongire and The wall TURReIT Took
a direct e Nemy cannon FiRe hit FOR The exphasion blew
The a mmunition Cover eggite ball TuR8eTI at MY Eeet.
Total number of missions of above crew member 29 SIRTies and 38 Missions
Dates and destinations if possible: Last Mission was July 18, 1944 and
Mesnington , Germany We were shot down ONTHE bomb RUN.
6-3861, AF

National Archives, MACR 6978, page 14 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.

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