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Home Town Taylor, Texas
Last Address Fardjouna Airfield, Tunisia
Date of Passing Jul 27, 1943
Location of Interment Taylor City Cemetery - Taylor, Texas
TSgt. Jett enlisted at Fort Sam Houston, on 18 January 1941.
On July 27, 1943, while at the beach, Tech Sergeant Edsel A. Jett was caught in the undertow and drowned while trying to save another man.
Other Comments:
Source: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19461332
https://www.ancestry.com
Book: "Red Tails, Black Wings", The Men of America's Black Air Force, by John B. Holway, Yucca Tree Press, 1997, p93.
Book: "A-Train", Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman, by Lt. Col. Charles W. Dryden (USAF, Ret.), The University of Alabama Press, 1997, p141.
The 99th Pursuit Squadron was established on 19 March 1941. The squadron was activated on 22 March 1941.The 99th PS was redesignated the 99th Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942 and later the 99th FS was designated 99th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on 28 February 1944.
Assignments
U.S. Army Air Corp, 22 March 1941
U.S. Army Air Corp Technical Training Command,26 March 1941
Southeast Air Corp Training Center, 5 November 1941
3rd Fighter Command, 19 August 1942 to 2 April 1943
Twelfth Air Force, 24 April 1943
XII Air Support Command, 28 May 1943
*Attached 33rd Fighter Group, 29 May 1943
*Attached 324th Fighter Group, 29 June 1943
*Attached 33rd Fighter Group, 19 July 1943
*Attached 79th Fighter Group, 16 October 1943
*Attached 324th Fighter Group, 1 April 1943 to 6 June 1944
*Attached 332nd Fighter Group, 1 May 1944
*Attached 86th Fighter Group, 11-30 June 1944
477th Composite Group, 22 June 1945
Stations
Chanute Field, Illinois, 22 March 1941
Maxwell Field, Alabama, 5 November 1941
Tuskegee AAF, Alabama, 10 November 1941 to 2 April 1943
Casablanca, French Morocco, 24 April 1943
Qued N'ja, French Morocco, 29 April 1943
Fardjouna, Tunisia, 7 June 1943
Licata, Sicily, 28 July 1943
Termini, Sicily, 4 September 1943
Barcellona, Sicily, 17 September 1943
Foggia, Italy, 17 October 1943
Madna, Italy, 22 November 1943
Capodichino, Italy, 16 January 1944
Cercola, Italy, 2 April 1944
Pignataro, Italy, 10 May 1944
Ciampino, Italy, 11 Jun 1944
Orbetello, Italy, 17 June 1944
Ramatelli, Italy, 6 July 1944
Cattolica, 5 May to June 1945
Commanders
Capt Harold R. Maddux, 22 Mar 1941
2Lt Clyde H. Bynum, 10 Nov 1941
Capt Alonzo S. Ward, 6 Dec 1941
1Lt George S. Roberts, 1 Jun 1942
Lt Col Benjamin O. Davis Jr., 22 Aug 1942
Maj. George S. Roberts, 2 Sep 1943
Capt Erwin B. Lawrence Jr., 13 Apr 1944
Maj. George S. Roberts, 1 Sep 1944
Capt Alfonso W. Davis, 20 Oct 1944
Maj. William A. Campbell, 29 Oct 1944
Capt Wendell M. Lucas, 22 Jun 1945
Maj. William A. Campbell, 3 Jul 1945
Decorations
Distinguished Unit Citations: Sicily, [Jun-Jul] 1943;
Cassino, 12-14 May 1944; Germany, 24 Mar 1945
