Col. Charles Jones

Col. Charles Jones flew his final mission in the early morning hours of March 24, 2020, in the Picture Rocks neighborhood west of Tucson, Ariz.

Col. Jones' military career began when he was a lead navigator for a flight of B-17s from Iceland to England as second lieutenant, which landed at the assigned base on time. The following flights were scattered from Scotland to all over England.

Dave's entire crew was assigned to the ultra-secret 8th Air Force Weather Recon Command for the war. Flying stripped down, unarmed B-17 over the North Atlantic from Lands' End, England to the Azores sending bac...