Name:
Jack Warren Staton
Rank:
Sergeant
Serial Number:
35654944
Unit:
706th Bomber Squadron, 446th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1944-08-26
State:
West Virginia
Cemetery:
Sunset Memorial Park, Beckley, West Virginia
Plot:
Hillcrest 1-9 Section
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Sgt Jack Warren Staton, nose gunner of the B-24 41-29177 “Ginger”, took off from Bungay in Suffolk, UK on a bombing mission over the Farben chemical works in Ludwigshafen. Just after bombs away, the plane was hit by flak. One of the engines cut out, dropping the plane to 10000 feet. The crew set the plane on a course to avoid the nearby town of Schoeneck and bailed out, shot at by machine gun fire all the way down. Staton drowned in the Sarre, unable to get rid of his parachute. He was then shot for good measure by SS auxiliaries.