Perry E Powell
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 45823 - 1st Lt Perry E. Powell, 603BS, 398BG.
Assigned to 603BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin; mid air collision near Lehmke in B-17 43-38697, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 12215.
Awards: DFC, AM (3 OLC), PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15140333
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35499925
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34782382
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36817784
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 3 February 1945
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Grand Island, Nebraska, USA | 22 July 1920 | Son of Perry A and Marie I Powell. |
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Enlisted |
Omaha, NE | 6 October 1942 | Omaha, Nebraska |
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Died |
Lehmke, Germany | 3 February 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin; mid air collision near Lehmke in B-17 43-38697 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 12215 |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Nuthampstead | 3 February 1945 | Assigned to 603BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Plot B Row 33 Grave 56 | |
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Buried |
Grand Island Cemetery Grand Island, Hall County, NE | Memorialised Grand Island Cemetery Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska |
Revisions
Removed # from A/C serial to aid clarity and consistency.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56360375/perry-e-powell
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12215 / MACR 12215, Mention in Hell from Heaven: Memoirs of a WW II B-17 Bombardier by Streitfeld / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
