Devon Jones USN - F14 Pilot

[John Nichol RAF]

Greetings from London. I'm a former RAF Tornado Navigator & was shot down & captured during Desert Storm in 1991. I was one of the mugs paraded on TV alongside some of the American PoWs. Full details at www.johnnichol.com

I shared a cell in Abu Ghraib (not a fun experience!) with F14 RIO Larry Slade. I'm trying to connect with Larry's pilot Devon Jones (Larry has sadly lost all comms with him) so wondered if any of you USN chums might be able to offer any assistance?
Many thanks,
John Nichol

 

[DanMa1156]

No idea, but holy smokes, I think you're going to get a lot of questions. I am definitely going to be looking at that website. Thanks for your service, sir.

 

[jmcquate]

You might want to reach out to HeyJoe who is on this site. He was a Tomcat RIO who served during that timeframe.

 

[jmcquate]

Is this him?

https://www.linkedin.com/in/devon-jones-01b73112/

Navy Fires Commanding Officer Of Naval Air Facility El Centro

The Navy relieved Capt. Devon Jones of his duties as commanding officer of Naval Air Facility El Centro on July 1 due to "loss of faith and confidence in his ability to command."

www.kpbs.org

 

[John Nichol RAF]

That's his Linkedin profile but I don't think it's active as I can't seem to message it and it doesn't seem to have been used for a while

I'm totally new to this site - how would I find HeyJoe or message him?

 

[jmcquate]

Use the mail (envelope) icon at the top right of your screen by your username.

 

[John Nichol RAF]

cheers - will give it a go. Much appreciated.

 

[jmcquate]

cheers - will give it a go. Much appreciated.

Were you on a JP223 runway denial mission when you got shot down?

 

[John Nichol RAF]

Nope - all details on my website. Or the full story of the RAF Tornado Force is told in my new book
TORNADO - In the Eye of The Storm

 

[Griz882]

I was at VT-27 with Devon during primary (many moons ago). He was a good guy and our wives were close friends. He went jets, of course, and I went rotary and we lost contact with a few exceptions. He commanded El Centro but made a few enemies and left the navy on less than happy terms. That was 2013 or so and he has been dark ever since. I always wondered if he went to the SHOW.

 

[John Nichol RAF]

Thanks for this Griz - I've had no luck whatsoever locating Devon. So if anyone has any ideas or leads I'm all ears.....

 

[Griz882]

Thanks for this Griz - I've had no luck whatsoever locating Devon. So if anyone has any ideas or leads I'm all ears.....

I’ll keep my feelers out.

 

[Griz882]

@John Nichol RAF I sent you a private message, you’ll see the dot next to the little envelope.

Good luck!