Gayle Cooper Gearhart
Military
Pilot
340th BG - 489th BS - 12th AF
Object Number - UPL 55716 - 1LT Gayle Cooper Gearhart Pilot 340th BG - 489th BS - 12th AF
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Advanced Landing Ground Alesanie
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Hannibal, Missouri | 18 December 1923 | |
| State College, Pennsylvania | 30 June 1942 | 262 Woodland Drive Student at Penn State | |
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Enlisted |
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | 25 February 1943 | |
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Other Combat Mission |
Trento, Italy | 20 January 1944 | 43-27659 9W |
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Other Shot Down/Crash Landed/Captured |
Glorenza (Glurns), Italy | 25 February 1944 | while a third, piloted by 1st Lt. Gayle C. Gearhart, was seen headed for Switzerland on single engine escorted by two allied fighters. [Ship 9G, “Bubbies” crash landed in Glurns, Italy. The entire crew was safe but taken prisoner.] |
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Other Combat Mission |
Rovereto, Italy | 26 December 1944 | 43-4000 9X |
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Other Combat Mission |
Calliano, Italy | 27 December 1944 | 43-27653 9C |
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Other Combat Mission |
Borovnica, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia) | 28 December 1944 | 43-27485 9T |
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Other Combat Mission |
Vipiteno, Italy | 25 February 1945 | 43-4062 9G |
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Died |
Bethesda, Maryland | 14 May 1990 | |
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Buried |
Laytonsville, Maryland | 17 May 1990 | Laytonsville United Methodist Cemetery Laytonsville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA |
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