Gerald Edwin Murphy

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media-54247.jpeg UPL 54247 S/Sgt Gerald E Murphy, 389BG.

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Object Number - UPL 54247 - S/Sgt Gerald E Murphy, 389BG.

Waist Gunner SSgt Gerald E. Murphy

Hometown: South Bend, IN

Squadron: 565th Bomb Squadron - 389th Bomb Group - 8th Air Force

Service Number : 35166638

Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart



Pilot 1st.Lt. John B. McCormick - MIA/KIA - Syracuse, NY



Sgt. Murphy was a waist gunner on John McCormick's crew on the B-24D, Vagabond King. He flew on, and survived, Operation Tidal Wave. 1 Aug 1943. Back in the U.K. and the 8th Air Force, he was later shot down by FW-190 fighter planes over the North Sea and killed in action in the B-24D, 42-40787, Vagabond King. The plane crashed into the North Sea (FTR) with all crewmembers killed in action. 10 KIA. 18 November 1943. MACR 2885

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.

389th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Personnel of the 389th Bomb Group stand atop the engine of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-40787) nicknamed "Vagabond King". Sitting (left to right): Staff Sergeant David C Shattles, Staff Sergeant Louis H Raines, Corporal Alfred P Rossi. Standing (left to right)Second Lieutenant Masco, First Lieutenant Marvin Mendlesohn, First Lieutenant George A Brinton, Captain John B. McCormick, Staff Sergeant William J Budai, Staff Sergeant Richard W Weaver 'They have bombed ten different countries. Associated

John B McCormick

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-661952
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Lewis H Raines

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

42-40787

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Vagabond King
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Berca

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Berka, al Birkah

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

South Bend, Indiana, USA 4 October 1918

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

North Sea 18 November 1943

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK

Buried

Pleasant Hill Cemetery Bruce Lake Station, Fulton County, IN Memorialised Pleasant Hill Cemetery Bruce Lake Station, Fulton County, Indiana

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56292759/gerald-e-murphy
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65291054/gerald-edwin-murphy

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Added details. - Kickapoo

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Find-A-Grave Memorials - SSgt Gerald E. Murphy

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Details added. - Kickapoo

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Best Web - B-24 - 42-40787 - Vagabond King

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Ploesti Sortie Reports, 389th Bomb Group

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2885 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 54247 - S/Sgt Gerald E Murphy, 389BG.