Jule Vernon Conard
MilitaryAssigned to 487FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 2.5 x kills. Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Munich, climbing to 30,000ft as wingman to Maj George E Preddy reported engine difficulties and turned for base, last heard to have a dead engine in vicinity of Aalen, Germany. Baled out and suffered complicated break to right lower leg. Captured and after treatment became a Prisoner of War (POW). 16-Jul-44. MACR 6781.
Awards: POW, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Channel Belle Miss Cherokee
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Spirit of Lufbery
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Kenosha County, WI, USA | 10 January 1921 | |
Enlisted |
Milwaukee, WI, USA | 7 January 1942 | |
Other Assigned |
2 May 1944 - 16 July 1944 | Assigned to 487FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Other E/A Destroyed [0.5] |
France | 29 May 1944 | Shared Me109 destroyed France 29-May-44. P-51C 42-103341. |
Other Promotion |
Bodney, Thetford IP26 5BX, UK | 19 June 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
Other E/A Destroyed [2] |
60400 Noyon, France | 27 June 1944 | 2 x Fw190s destroyed north of Noyon 27-Jun-44. P-51C 42-103312. |
Other Baled out |
Aalen, Germany | 16 July 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Munich engine failure prompted bale-out, broke leg on landing POW. 16-Jul-44. MACR 6781 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 16 July 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Treated for broken right lower leg. Stalag Luft I. |
Died |
26 June 1990 | ||
Wisconsin, USA |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6781 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list