Albert Jerome Perry
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 16-Aug-44 in B-17 43-38000 while serving as Co-Pilot. Aircraft was attacked by fighters which set the aircraft on fire and detonated the bomb load which caused the aircraft to disintegrate in mid-air. The remains of the aircraft fell near Lehna, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8181
Awards: PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-819552
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 August 1944
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Madison, GA | 5 January 1918 | Son of Jinks Comer and Robbie [Hancock] Perry. |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Lehna, 37308 Schimberg, Germany | 16 August 1944 | Killed when aircraft was attacked by German fighters, set on fire, bomb load detonated and aircraft disintegrated in mid-air and crashed near Lehna, Germany. |
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Buried |
Schimberg, Germany | Originally buried by the Germans. | |
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | |
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Buried |
Shadowlawn Cemetery LaGrange, Troup County, GA | Shadowlawn Cemetery LaGrange, Troup County, Georgia | |
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Based |
Bassingbourn | 16 August 1944 | Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
| La Grange, GA | Husband to Katie Mae Perry. |
Revisions
Reference to duplicate record removed from biography.
Combined two entries into a single entry. This record now includes information from the following source: MACR 8181 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database.
Lee Cunningham 16-Dec-2014. Added SN, KIA event, crew position in biography and BS connection per MACR 8181. Added KIA and Burial event and details per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; made connections to BS, Place, AIrcraft and Mission within existing website data. Converted date in biography to military-style signification. COMBINED data from a duplicate.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8181