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Crew 05

Captain David M. Jones

Pilot
95th Bombardment Squadron
- First name:
David
- Middle name:
Mudgett
- Last name:
Jones
- Nickname:
Davey
- Rank Doolittle raid:
Captain
- Last rank:
Major General
- Service number:
0-22482
- Date of birth:
18 December 1913
- Place of birth:
Coose Bay, Oregon
- Date of death:
24 November 2008
- Place of death:
Tucson, Arizona
- Place of the cemetery:
Arlington, Virginia
- Name of the cemetery:
Arlington National Cemetery

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1| © 2009– Find a grave – Edward (Ted) Tyler – used with permission - Location @ 38°52'31.0"N 77°03'40.7"W - 2| signaure Jones - 3| Illustration of the "Harry Tunnel" - © Brickhill 1950 - public domain - 4| © Vorwerk - Own work -Stalag Luft III. Memorial stone marking the end of Harry Tunnel. The Polish language inscription reads: "To the Allied airmen, prisoners of STALAG LUFT III, participants in the GREAT ESCAPE. Żagań 2004".
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