Remembering Them Forever (RTF)!
Jefferson, Samuel
- Galveston, Texas, Galveston County, United States
Military Information:
- Deceased
- WWII Veteran
- WWII Victory Medal
- US Army Air Corps or Forces
- 2LT: Second Lieutenant
- 1-Alpha List
- Tuskegee Airman
Bio:
On June 24, 1944, he was on a combat mission under the leadership of Capt. Robert B. Tresville, assigned to strafe an enemy supply line west of Airasca, Italy. The group was flying low to escape radar. One of his fellow pilots experienced plane trouble and crashed into the water, followed by a second. Samuel made a tight turn, got caught in a downward slip stream which threw his plane into a spin, resulting in Jefferson's P-45 crashing and exploding upon impact. A missing air craft report regarding the crash states that Jefferson might have been abe to get out of the plane. .[5] However, his body has never been recovered. His name is inscribed upon the Tablets of the Missing in Sicily-Rome American Cemetery.[6]. The date listed is his FOD (finding of death), a year and a day after his actual missing status.
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