Gerard J Perry
MilitaryPrisoner of War. Crashed near Osterburg on 3 March 1945 in B-24 'Gung Ho' 42-50463.
On a mission to drop bombs his plane was intercepted by a German fighter plane and the plane bounced in elevation and he went to the bomb bay of the plane to drop all of the bombs but, having released the bombs, he passed out from the lack of oxygen. He woke up floating down to the ground and didn't know who put the parachute on him. He broke one leg on landing and was captured by Germans.
He was at a German prison camp until General Patton's 3rd Army liberated it in 1945.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Gung Ho II
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 713th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 3 March 1945 | |
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Died |
7 December 1988 | ||
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Born |
Rumford, ME 04276, USA |
Revisions
Correspondence with Gerard J Perry's great nephew, Ian.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12884 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database