Jones, J T
Title
Jones, J T
Description
63 items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant John Thomas Jones (1800039, Royal Air Force) and contains photographs, correspondence and documents.
He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 626 Squadron and was killed on the night of 18/19 February 1945.
It contains a collection of 38 photographs of his service in the police and the RAF.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Carol Jones and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
Additional information on John Thomas Jones is available via the IBCC Losses Database.
He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 626 Squadron and was killed on the night of 18/19 February 1945.
It contains a collection of 38 photographs of his service in the police and the RAF.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Carol Jones and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
Additional information on John Thomas Jones is available via the IBCC Losses Database.
Date
2017-06-15
Publisher
IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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Identifier
Jones, JT
Collection Items
Letters home
Edited transcripts and notes about J T Jones's letters to his wife during training and on operations 1942 - 1945.
29 Trainee Airmen
29 airmen including Jack, arranged in four row in front of a corrugated iron building.
14 Trainee Airmen
14 trainees, including Jack, arranged in three rows. On the reverse 'Could only get one of these - show it to the folks. Thanks darling. Serious mood - eh!'
Marching trainees
A group of trainee airmen marching in The Links, St Andrews. Rusacks Hotel partially visible on the right.
Identification kindly provided by Alastair Disley of the Unidentified photos of the British Isles Group.
Identification kindly provided by Alastair Disley of the Unidentified photos of the British Isles Group.
Nine Airmen
Nine airmen, including Jack, standing on a stone stairway at the back of Rusacks Hotel, St. Andrews. They are dressed in Sidcot suits, flying boots and flying helmets.
Identification kindly provided by Stefan Clarke, Colin Patchett and Emma Vick…
Identification kindly provided by Stefan Clarke, Colin Patchett and Emma Vick…
Jack Jones
A head and shoulders of Jack in Police uniform. On the front is handwritten 'To Dave from Jack'.
There is a second almost identical photograph.
There is a second almost identical photograph.
Nine Sailors
Nine sailors lined up behind a bar named 'Hinky Dink Bar'. On the reverse 'Tom in Navy'.
Tom Jones, Jack’s younger brother, is second left.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Tom Jones, Jack’s younger brother, is second left.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Six Soldiers
Six soldiers in desert uniform and shorts sitting in front of tents.
On the reverse -
'Clairwood
8/10/42
Fred
Jim Noden (Cheshire)
Eric Haywood (Surrey)
Ken Barker (Chatham)
Tom Pantry (Hampton Court)
Albert (Blondie) Newman…
On the reverse -
'Clairwood
8/10/42
Fred
Jim Noden (Cheshire)
Eric Haywood (Surrey)
Ken Barker (Chatham)
Tom Pantry (Hampton Court)
Albert (Blondie) Newman…
Jack Hill
A head and shoulder's portrait of a soldier. On the reverse 'Jack Ma's brother'.
Jack Hill was Jack Jones’s brother-in-law.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Jack Hill was Jack Jones’s brother-in-law.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Four Sailors
A group of four sailors. Tom Jones (J T Jones's brother) is bottom right.
On the reverse 'Tom, my father's brother'.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
On the reverse 'Tom, my father's brother'.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Two Policemen
Two policemen at an open half door. On the reverse '[indecipherable] & Paddy'.
Jack Jones and Paddy, his friend who was killed during flight training in Canada.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Jack Jones and Paddy, his friend who was killed during flight training in Canada.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Grandad and Granny Jones
A couple standing beside a deckchair in a garden. On the reverse 'Grandad & Granny Jones'.
Card addressed to Jack Jones
A card addressed to Jack with a half length portrait of Marjorie Jones, Jack’s sister, in nurse's uniform.
It is annotated 'To Jack from Marj 1943'.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
It is annotated 'To Jack from Marj 1943'.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Carol Jones
A head and shoulders portrait of Carol Jones, Jack’s daughter.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Birthday Card for Jack Jones
A card from Doris Jones, Jack’s eldest sister, with a head and shoulders portrait of a woman in nurse's uniform.
It is annotated '
To Jack
From "Dos"
Jan 12th
Many, many happy returns'.
Additional information about this item has been…
It is annotated '
To Jack
From "Dos"
Jan 12th
Many, many happy returns'.
Additional information about this item has been…
Tom Jones
A half length portrait of Tom Jones, Jack's younger brother, in sailor's uniform.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Jack and Lily Jones's Wedding
Two photographs of Jack and Lily's wedding, outside the church.
Their marriage was at Christ Church, Crouch End Hill, North London, 21 December 1942.
On the reverse of the first image is 'this proof is 1/6 if required'.
Additional information…
Their marriage was at Christ Church, Crouch End Hill, North London, 21 December 1942.
On the reverse of the first image is 'this proof is 1/6 if required'.
Additional information…
Carol Jones
A head and shoulders portrait of Carol Jones, Jack’s daughter, in school uniform at St. Gilda’s Convent School, Crouch Hill House, Crouch Hill (1949-1954).
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Collection Tree
- Jones, J T