Clinton Leonard Jones

Clinton Leonard Jones, Jr.
Clinton Leonard Jones, Jr.
	Clinton Leonard Jones, 1918
Born	1 January 1892; Ross, California, USA
Died	22 June 1965 (aged 73); Sacramento, California, USA
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	Air Service, United States Army
Rank	Lieutenant
Unit	22nd Aero Squadron
Battles/wars	World War I
Awards	Distinguished Service Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster

Last updated February 13, 2024

Lieutenant Clinton Leonard Jones, Jr. was an American World War I flying ace credited with eight aerial victories.^[1]^[2]

Childhood

Clinton Leonard Jones was born on Jan 1, 1892 in Ross, California to Clinton Jones Sr. and Sarah J. Waugh. His father was a general agent for a railroad. He grew up in San Francisco. He had six older siblings, Edward, Paul, Frank, Herbert, Gertrude and Helen.

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.^[4]

Later life

He is listed in the 1930 census as living in Sacramento and working as a Manager in the grain industry. He married Edith and had two children, Gertrude and Clinton III. He died in Sacramento on June 22, 1965.

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References

1 2 "Clinton Jones". theaerodrome.com. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
↑ Capt. Arthur Raymond Brooks (Summer 1963). "A History of the 22nd Aero Squadron ~ 'Shooting Stars'" (PDF).
↑ American Aces of World War I. p. 77.
1 2 "General Orders No. 66, W.D., 1919, as quoted at theaerodrome.com". theaerodrome.com. Retrieved 26 June 2010.

Bibliography

American Aces of World War I. Norman Franks, Harry Dempsey. Osprey Publishing, 2001. ISBN 1-84176-375-6, ISBN 978-1-84176-375-0.

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[aerodrome-1] 1 2 "Clinton Jones". theaerodrome.com. Retrieved 26 June 2010.

[2] Capt. Arthur Raymond Brooks (Summer 1963). "A History of the 22nd Aero Squadron ~ 'Shooting Stars'" (PDF).

[3] American Aces of World War I. p. 77.

[GO66-4] 1 2 "General Orders No. 66, W.D., 1919, as quoted at theaerodrome.com". theaerodrome.com. Retrieved 26 June 2010.

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