Gerson Bacher

Military
Gerson Bacher UPL 61088 UPL 61088 1st Lt Gerson Bacher

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Object Number - UPL 61088 - 1st Lt Gerson Bacher

Assigned to 835BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF. Pilot of Bacher crew. 21 x missions.  21-Jan-45 wounded by plexiglas shards in his eye from flak on Mannheim mission in B-17 44-8615 'Mary Lou'. Co-pilot had severe leg wounds, so co-pilot served as his eyes to get the bomber home.

 

Awards: SS, PH, EAME (2BS), WWII Victory.

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

James L Autrey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Bacher crew

Alfred L Bain

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34802437
Bacher crew

Charles Andrew Blankinship

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35331159
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
Bacher crew

Paul E V J Bolduc

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31323366
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Bacher crew

William F Curtis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36865559
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

44-8615

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Places

Aerial photograph of Sudbury airfield looking south west, the bomb dump is to the upper right of the airfield, 29 February 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC188. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Sudbury

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Acton

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cortland, New York 9 June 1919 Born Cortland, New York

Enlisted

Newark, New Jersey 16 May 1941 Enlisted Newark, New Jersey

Died

North Miami Beach, Florida 5 February 1999 Died North Miami Beach, FL

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Updated his STATUS from "Civilian" to "Military" since he has a Military S/N.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Gerson Bacher

Object number: UPL 61088 - 1st Lt Gerson Bacher

Bacher crew

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