Gerard E Sullivan

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-13253.jpeg UPL 13253 93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield Memorial Museum.

All information correct as on Roll of Honor board

Object Number - UPL 13253 - 93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield Memorial Museum.

Gerard Sullivan took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on the Ploesti oil fields, Rumania, on 1 August 1943, serving as Waist Gunner on B-24 Liberator #41-23810 "Tarfu".

He was Right Waist Gunner on B-24D #42-41004 “The Urgin' Virgin” which was lost in the North Sea on the 13 November 1943 mission to Bremen, Germany, with all 11 men onboard still missing. Killed In Action (KIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-190737
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13042736
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35013607 at enlistment, then O-734896
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13011885
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17031466
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Tarfu
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - The Urgin Virgin
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

2 January 1942 Boston, Massachusetts

Other

Killed In Action (KIA)

13 November 1943 in the ditching in the North Sea of B-24D #42-41004

Born

Massachusetts Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Edward F. and Mary G. Sullivan
Roslindale, Boston, Massachusetts

Buried

Gerard Sullivan is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge

Revisions

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ContributorED-BB
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Sources

First name is Gerard, not Gerald.
MACR 2182
WWII Enlistment Records
ABMC website

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

Added a “ ’ ” at Urgin in the Summary biography – Source : Wallace R. Forman's "B-24 Nose Art Name Directory"

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

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

Date
Changes
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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

ABMC; MACR 2182 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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