Anthony N Perry
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 36900
"Meyran's crew of the 8th AF 398th Bomb Group by their B-17 at their at their base in England, 1 August 1944."
Rear L-R: F/O Bernie White, 1Lt William Louis Meyran, 2Lt Larry Paul, 2Lt Warren l Davidson, 2Lt Fredrick J Kushera
Front L-R: S/Sgt Charles R Kennedy, S/Sgt Victor C Petrauskas, S/Sgt Melvin P Brown, T/Sgt William Scott Tull, S/Sgt Anthony N Perry
Rear L-R: F/O Bernie White, 1Lt William Louis Meyran, 2Lt Larry Paul, 2Lt Warren l Davidson, 2Lt Fredrick J Kushera
Front L-R: S/Sgt Charles R Kennedy, S/Sgt Victor C Petrauskas, S/Sgt Melvin P Brown, T/Sgt William Scott Tull, S/Sgt Anthony N Perry
Assigned to 603BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Merseburg; Shot down 2-Nov-44 in B-17 42-102562 'Knockout'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 10157
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19098766 / O-755592
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Girard, Ohio, USA | 9 March 1917 | |
Enlisted |
Cleveland, OH | 26 August 1943 | |
Died |
Merseburg, Germany | 2 November 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Merseburg; Shot down 2-Nov-44 in B-17 42-102562 'Knockout'. KIA. MACR 10157 |
Buried |
Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Plot O Row 12 Grave 3 | ||
Based |
Nuthampstead | 2 November 1944 | Assigned to 603BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10157 / MACR 10157, The Mighty Eighth Combat Chronology Supplement, 1942-45; p. 173. / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database