Jerry Adrian Crow

Military
The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group. media-395078.jpg FRE 5135 The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5135 - The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-17 #42-29935. Plane ditched in The North Sea. Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air Crew Report #1725.



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-801592
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36565499
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-683139
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14163492
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37429322
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Aircraft

The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Cat's Sass | Pulmadique
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Tyler, TX, USA 5 January 1943 Residence: Wood County, Texas Private, Branch Immaterial

Other

Assigned

17 November 1943 Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 546th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #146 dated 17 November 1943, James Frederick Carnes crew. One combat mission.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Krems an der Donau, Austria 20 December 1943 Ran out of fuel and ditched in the North Sea off the Dutch Coast (Frisian Islands); they were rescued and brought to the German Frisian Island of Juist, where the radio operator who had been KIA was buried; MACR 1725. POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15

Born

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1725 / MACR 1725, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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