Jerry Porter Bush

Military
media-29694.jpeg UPL 29694 Lt. Jerry P Bush, Hulett WY, 503rd Fighter Squadron.

Object Number - UPL 29694 - Lt. Jerry P Bush, Hulett WY, 503rd Fighter Squadron.

Assigned to 503FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 503rd Fighter Squadron 504th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Shy Ann
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 355th Fighter Group 357th Fighter Squadron 503rd Fighter Squadron 505th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Shy Ann
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 503rd Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Hulett WY 6 May 1921 Son of Jerry Walter and Ethelyn Grace “Ethel” [Harbert] Bush.

Other

Promotion

Fowlmere, Royston SG8, UK 21 May 1944 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Other

End Tour of Duty (ETD)

England, UK 12 September 1944 Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).

Other

Discharged USAAF

31 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

3 March 1986

Buried

Black Hills National Cemetery Sturgis, Meade County, SD 6 March 1986 Black Hills National Cemetery Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota
Hulett, WY 82720, USA

Based

Fowlmere 12 September 1944 Assigned to 503FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Date
ContributorPyker
Changes
Sources

Corrected locations from Steeple Morden to Fowlmere.

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / Unit History

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