Warren H Gerow

Military

Assigned as an Aerial Gunner on B-17F #41-24608 [BN-S] "Yahoodi", 303BG/359BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico and arrived at Molesworth, UK aboard that aircraft, the first B-17 of 303BG to arrive in England. He did not fly any missions with "Yehoodi", but served on other aircraft.



Mission participations (See Biography events UNDER CONSTRUCTION)

Connections

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

Ground personnel of the 303rd Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "The Green Hornet". Passed for publication 25 Jan 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'How The Boys Live And Work At Flying Fortress Station In England. Wide World Photo Shows:- Ground crew of "The Green Hornet". Left to right, Cpl. William E. Bowers, Route 1, Elkhart, Ind.; M/Sgt. Joseph R. Dufresne, 30 Lathrop Street, South Hadley Falls, Mass.; M/Sgt. Fletcher Hecton, 518 Twentyfirst Street, Denver, Col.; Sgt. Richard Borgl
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Green Hornet
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Yehudi
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The 8 Ball MK II
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Assigned to Aircraft

Alamogordo, NM 88310, USA 10 July 1942 Assigned as an Aerial Gunner on B-17F 41-24608 "Yehoodi", 303BG/359BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico.

Other

Arrived in UK

Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK 12 October 1942 Arrived at Molesworth, UK as an Aerial Gunner on B-17F 41-24608 "Yehoodi", 303BG/359BS.

Other

Mission #1, TSGT Warren H. Gerow, w/B-17F 41-24603, 303BG/359BS

Lorient, France 30 December 1942 Served as the Tail Gunner on B-17F 41-24603 "Green Hornet" on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. RTB OK.

Other

Mission #2, TSGT Warren H. Gerow, w/B-17F 41-24603, 303BG/359BS

Saint-Nazaire, France 3 January 1943 Served as the Tail Gunner on B-17F 41-24603 "Green Hornet" on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK.

Other

Mission #3, TSGT Warren H. Gerow, w/B-17F 41-24635, 303BG/359BS

Lille, France 13 January 1943 Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17 41-24635 "The '8' Ball II" on a mission to bomb the Lille Fives Locomotive Works at Lille, France. RTB OK.

Other

Mission #4, TSGT Warren H. Gerow, w/B-17F 41-24635, 303BG/359BS

Lorient, France 23 January 1943 Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17 41-24635 "The '8' Ball II" on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France at Lille, France. RTB OK.

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.

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Lee Cunningham 18-Dec-2015. Correcting TN in Mission #1 event title.

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Lee Cunningham 18-Dec-2015. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 13-Jan-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/010.pdf

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Lee Cunningham 18-Dec-2015. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 13-Jan-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/010.pdf

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Lee Cunningham 18-Dec-2015. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 3-Jan-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/008.pdf

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Lee Cunningham 18-Dec-2015. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 30-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/007.pdf

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 18-Dec-2015. Added Arrived in UK event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Frank A. Saunders crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-saunders.html

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 18-Dec-2015. Added Assigen to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Frank A. Saunders crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-saunders.html

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 18-Dec-2015. Added Assigned to aircraft and arrival in UK as the beginning of the Summary Biography; made connections to Place, Aircraft and missions through 23-Jan-43 per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian Frank A. Saunders crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-saunders.html

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster