USAAF WORLD WAR II
Pilot 2nd/Lt. Jesse T. Mountjoy KIA
Home: Woodford Co, Kentucky
Squadron: 405 AAF FTR GP
Service# O-810399
Awards: Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters
Target:
Mission Date: 31 July 1944
Serial Number: # 42-75454
Aircraft Model P-47D
from FAG member 48622121
Jesse T.Mountjoy, 2nd Lt.: Was the pilot of a P-47, Thunderbolt, on a strafing and bombing mission over the French village of La-Haye-Pesnil, and was shot down on 31 July 1944. . He was a member of the 405th Fighter Group of the 509th Fighter Squadron. La-Haye-Pesnil is SSE of Granville, France. Lt. Mountjoy was from Horse Cave, Kentucky, and was known around the Lexington, Kentucky area. He had received the Army Air Medal, four Oak Leaf Clusters, , He received his wings on August 30, 1943. After all these years almost 56 years later they did not know where he was from just his name, now they know, another French village honors an American hero. The village will have a dedication of a memorial honoring him on the 12 November 2000. At the time of his death, he and his wife Mrs. Runelle Palmore Mountjoy were the parents of a 18 month old son. That son now lives in Utica, Kentucky.
Pilot 2nd/Lt. Jesse T. Mountjoy KIA
Home: Woodford Co, Kentucky
Squadron: 405 AAF FTR GP
Service# O-810399
Awards: Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters
Target:
Mission Date: 31 July 1944
Serial Number: # 42-75454
Aircraft Model P-47D
from FAG member 48622121
Jesse T.Mountjoy, 2nd Lt.: Was the pilot of a P-47, Thunderbolt, on a strafing and bombing mission over the French village of La-Haye-Pesnil, and was shot down on 31 July 1944. . He was a member of the 405th Fighter Group of the 509th Fighter Squadron. La-Haye-Pesnil is SSE of Granville, France. Lt. Mountjoy was from Horse Cave, Kentucky, and was known around the Lexington, Kentucky area. He had received the Army Air Medal, four Oak Leaf Clusters, , He received his wings on August 30, 1943. After all these years almost 56 years later they did not know where he was from just his name, now they know, another French village honors an American hero. The village will have a dedication of a memorial honoring him on the 12 November 2000. At the time of his death, he and his wife Mrs. Runelle Palmore Mountjoy were the parents of a 18 month old son. That son now lives in Utica, Kentucky.
USAAF WORLD WAR II
Pilot 2nd/Lt. Jesse T. Mountjoy KIA
Home: Woodford Co, Kentucky
Squadron: 405 AAF FTR GP
Service# O-810399
Awards: Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters
Target:
Mission Date: 31 July 1944
Serial Number: # 42-75454
Aircraft Model P-47D
from FAG member 48622121
Jesse T.Mountjoy, 2nd Lt.: Was the pilot of a P-47, Thunderbolt, on a strafing and bombing mission over the French village of La-Haye-Pesnil, and was shot down on 31 July 1944. . He was a member of the 405th Fighter Group of the 509th Fighter Squadron. La-Haye-Pesnil is SSE of Granville, France. Lt. Mountjoy was from Horse Cave, Kentucky, and was known around the Lexington, Kentucky area. He had received the Army Air Medal, four Oak Leaf Clusters, , He received his wings on August 30, 1943. After all these years almost 56 years later they did not know where he was from just his name, now they know, another French village honors an American hero. The village will have a dedication of a memorial honoring him on the 12 November 2000. At the time of his death, he and his wife Mrs. Runelle Palmore Mountjoy were the parents of a 18 month old son. That son now lives in Utica, Kentucky.
Pilot 2nd/Lt. Jesse T. Mountjoy KIA
Home: Woodford Co, Kentucky
Squadron: 405 AAF FTR GP
Service# O-810399
Awards: Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters
Target:
Mission Date: 31 July 1944
Serial Number: # 42-75454
Aircraft Model P-47D
from FAG member 48622121
Jesse T.Mountjoy, 2nd Lt.: Was the pilot of a P-47, Thunderbolt, on a strafing and bombing mission over the French village of La-Haye-Pesnil, and was shot down on 31 July 1944. . He was a member of the 405th Fighter Group of the 509th Fighter Squadron. La-Haye-Pesnil is SSE of Granville, France. Lt. Mountjoy was from Horse Cave, Kentucky, and was known around the Lexington, Kentucky area. He had received the Army Air Medal, four Oak Leaf Clusters, , He received his wings on August 30, 1943. After all these years almost 56 years later they did not know where he was from just his name, now they know, another French village honors an American hero. The village will have a dedication of a memorial honoring him on the 12 November 2000. At the time of his death, he and his wife Mrs. Runelle Palmore Mountjoy were the parents of a 18 month old son. That son now lives in Utica, Kentucky.
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