Gerald E Reader

Military

Shot down by flak and fighters and crashed north of Marburg/Lahn, GR on the return from a mission to Helmstadt, GR on 20 Feb 1944 in B-24J #42-100373. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

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

Events

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Born

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Enlisted

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2421, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces