Earl Lowry Kerbow
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action on 3-Jan-43 in B-17 41-24501 while serving as Waist Gunner. The aircraft had 2 engines shot out over the target, the U/B (submarine) base at St. Nazaire, France. Pilot Ferguson flew the severely damaged plane out to sea but conditions worsened as another engine quit. Turning back to France with German fighters all over the plane, he gave the bail out signal. Navigator Greene and Bombardier Levy fell to their deaths in the surf. Gunner Kerbow and Arnold were killed by gunfire. Ferguson chose the runway of a German fighter field to insure early capture.
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 3 January 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 3 January 1943 | Killed when aircraft was attacked by German fighters over the target of St. Nazaire, France. |
Buried |
Saint-James, France | Buried in the Brittany American Cemetery, Plot M, Row 4, Grave 11. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 16-Jan-2015. Added SN per MACR 15627; made connections to Place, AIrcraft and Mission within existing website data.
Lee Cunningham 16-Jan-2015. Added SN, Kia event and crew position per MACR 15627; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; Added Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; Edited biography adding crew position.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 61, First Over Germany by Strong p. 60.