Jerome V Harley

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Schelesttstadt on 7/13/44 in B-17 42-97953



POW



Staff Sergeant Jerome V. Harley was born May 6, 1922, the son of Thomas and Cecila Harley. He was from Brooklyn, New York.

On July 13, 1944, while aboard B-17 tail 42-97953 of the 401st Bomb Group, 615th Bomb Squadron, he was downed over Germany and became a Prisoner of War. After the War, he was liberated from his POW camp and sent to the 173rd Field Hospital in Nancy, France, where he died on May 24, 1945, of pneumonia and tuberculosis.

He is buried at St. John’s Cemetery in Queens, New York.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-97953

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA 6 May 1922 Staff Sergeant Jerome V. Harley was born May 6, 1922, the son of Thomas and Cecila Harley. He was from Brooklyn, New York.

Other

Prisoner of War

France 13 July 1944 - 24 May 1945 On July 13, 1944, while aboard B-17 tail 42-97953 of the 401st Bomb Group, 615th Bomb Squadron, he was downed over Germany and became a Prisoner of War. After the War, he was liberated from his POW camp and sent to the 173rd Field Hospital in Nancy, France, where he died on May 24, 1945, of pneumonia and tuberculosis.

Died

24 May 1945

Buried

Queens, NY, USA He is buried at St. John’s Cemetery in Queens, New York.

Revisions

Date
ContributorWW2 Researcher Bill Beigel
Changes
Sources

IDPF and/or crash report researched by Bill Beigel. IDPF donated to American Air Museum by Bill Beigel. For more information about this flyer, you may contact http://ww2research.com.

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7499 / MACR 7499, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=3053 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database