Clinton Jones (aviator)

Clinton Leonard Jones, Jr.
Born	1 January 1892 Ross, California, USA
Died	22 June 1965 Sacramento, California, USA
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army Air Service
Rank	Lieutenant
Unit	22nd Aero Squadron
Awards	Distinguished Service Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster

Lieutenant Clinton Leonard Jones, Jr. was an American World War I flying ace credited with eight aerial victories.^[1]

Clinton Jones was a late arrival to World War I, arriving at the 22nd Aero Squadron on 27 August 1918.^[2] However, from 4 September through 30 October, Jones scored eight victories; five of them were solo, but three were shared with Jacques Swaab, James Beane, Arthur Raymond Brooks, and F. D. Tyndall.^[3]

Citations

Distinguished Service Cross

• The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Clinton Jones, Second Lieutenant (Air Service), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Landres-et-St. Georges, France, October 30, 1918. Lieutenant Jones, while attacking four enemy planes (Fokker type), was in turn attacked from above and obliged to dive through a formation of 15 planes (Fokker type). His plane was riddled with bullets, but he managed to destroy one of the enemy machines.^[4]

Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a second DSC

• The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Clinton Jones, Second Lieutenant (Air Service), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Mihiel, France, October 18, 1918. Second Lieutenant Jones was a member of a patrol which succeeded in hedging in a fast enemy bi-place plane. Approaching the enemy plane, Lieutenant Jones signaled the enemy to give up and land. The reply was a burst of machinegun fire, which cut his wind shield and set fire to his plane. He then closed in and shot the German pilot and sent the plane crashing to the ground. He landed in his own plane and extinguished the flames.^[5]

See also

22nd Aero Squadron

References

• American Aces of World War I. Norman Franks, Harry Dempsey. Osprey Publishing, 2001. ISBN 1-84176-375-6, 9781841763750.
• http://www.footnote.com/image/#19301016

Sources of information

1. ^ http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/usa/jones2.php Retrieved on 26 June 2010.
2. ^ American Aces of World War I. p. 77. 
3. ^ http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/usa/jones2.php Retrieved on 26 June 2010.
4. ^ (General Orders No. 66, W.D., 1919) as quoted at http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/usa/jones2.php Retrieved on 26 June 2010.
5. ^ (General Orders No. 66, W.D., 1919) as quoted at http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/usa/jones2.php Retrieved on 26 June 2010.

External links

• http://www.angelfire.com/ct/US22/History_of_US22nd_Aero_Sq.pdf
• http://www.gunjones.com/US22.html

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Name	Jones, Clinton
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Date of birth	1 January 1892
Place of birth	Ross, California, USA
Date of death	22 June 1965
Place of death	Sacramento, California, USA