Gerald Royce Haywood Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Attacked by fighters on a mission to Brunswick, GR on 29 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-39965 crashed NE of Wolfsburg, GR after some of the crew baled out. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA 9 March 1921

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 29 March 1944

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial

Revisions

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Updated Born and KIA events per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 56358661.
Updated middle name per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 56358661.
SOURCE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56358661/gerald-royce-haywood

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3482, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces