Jerome Irwin Flohr
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 562BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. Rodgers Crew. 27 x combat missions. According to J. Hallam, the radio operator, Flohr was killed just before a mission. The crew were waiting beside the aircraft in a tent. Flohr said that he was going off to get a parachute from supply. As he walked over to get his chute, he was struck by a truck. Because of blackout rules the truck's lights had only narrow slits that did not provide very much visibility. Flohr died later of his injury. Died non Battle (DNB)
Awards: AM, 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: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-733729
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Homesick Angel
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Tech Supply / Wailuiku Maid
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ramp Tramp
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
New York, NY, USA | 16 August 1917 | Son of Abraham Flohr. |
Enlisted |
New York, NY, USA | 15 January 1942 | New York City, New York |
Died |
Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK | 26 November 1943 | Hit by truck on aerodrome. Died non Battle (DNB) |
Buried |
Mount Hebron Cemetery Flushing, Queens County, NY | Mount Hebron Cemetery Flushing, Queens County, New York | |
Based |
Knettishall | 26 November 1943 | Assigned to 562BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Combat Chronology Supplement, p. 370, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p.254-5 with picture of plane / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia