Gerald H Poplett

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-16504.jpeg UPL 16504 Standing L-R: Sgt Dick Thayer, Right Waist Gunner/Assistant Armourer
Sgt Hubert Roughton, Left Waist Gunner/Assistant Engineer
Sgt Gerald Poplett, Top Turret Gunner, Engineer
SSgt Carl (Herbie) Blichmann, Ball Turret Gunner, Assistant Radio
Sgt John McLaughlin, Tail Gunner/Armourer

Kneeling L-R: First Lt. Robert M. Cook, Pilot
Second Lt Ronald J. Casey, Co-Pilot
Second Lt John Rowland, Bombadier/Chin Turret Gunner
Second Lt John Oswalt, Navigator/Nose Gunner

Not in Picture: Fremont Granade (Roughton's replacement)
George Silva, Radio

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Object Number - UPL 16504 - Standing L-R: Sgt Dick Thayer, Right Waist Gunner/Assistant Armourer Sgt Hubert Roughton, Left Waist Gunner/Assistant Engineer Sgt Gerald Poplett,...

Landed with battle damage from a mission to Frankfurt, GR on 20 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-38124 'Passionate Witch'. RTD. Direct hit by flak on a mission to Chateaudin airfield, FR on 28 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-32082 exploded, broke up, and crashed S of the target. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Passionate Witch II
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Passionate Witch
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

28 March 1944

Born

Peoria, Illinois, USA

Buried

Illinois

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Austria 28 March 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3488 / MACR 3488, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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