Crew Roster · Personal File

Marvin A. Jonas

329th Squadron
HometownButternut, WI

Served with 93rd Bomb Group, Hardwick, England. Participated in Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes, and Central Europe campaigns. On the 2nd mission the aircraft was badly shot up; on the 21st mission (Aug. 11, 1944) badly shot up again and flew a new B-24 to Wales; received R&R at Tiverton, Devon.

Completed Tour

Sortie Log

5 CATALOGUED SORTIES
09 OCT 1944 — 09 FEB 1945

The sorties below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.

8AF Mission
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 670
09 OCT 1944
Target unrecorded
Lead aircraft (circled 1)
XX-XX598
№ 760
24 DEC 1944
Ahrweiller??
Night Knight44-40119
№ 761
25 DEC 1944
HallschlagC/C
Night Knight44-40119
№ 821
06 FEB 1945
MagdeburgM/Y
Formation position 3-3; ship number appears as short form '94814' without full Army serial prefix
42-94814
№ 824
09 FEB 1945
Target unrecorded
Formation position 4-3; RCM operator attached from 328th Squadron
42-94814
§ Personal Record
Before the War

Born in Butternut, WI. Enlisted October 1943 in the USAAF. Basic training at Jefferson Barracks; Gunnery at Las Vegas AAB; crew training at Biggs Field, El Paso, TX.