Gerald F Theuber

Military

Killed on September 28, 1944 flying a B-26 serial number 41-34879 coded RJ-Q named “Little Lulu” when it crashed during a training flight 2 ½ miles west of the 323rd BG base A-40 located at Chartres, France

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Units served with

Private First Class Barbara O'Brien of the Womens Army Corps, paints the nose of a B-26 Marauder (YU-Y. serial number 41-34982) nicknamed "Jolly Roger" of the 323rd Bomb Group. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publcation 4 Dec 1943.' [stamp] and '295589.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'W.A.C.S. on duty at a Bomber Station. Associated Press Photo shows:- Pfc: Barbara O'Brien painting the Jolly Roger on the nose of a Marauder with the crew looking on.'

323rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

5 June 1944

Born

Burleson County, Texas

Revisions

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Contributor323rdBGHistorian
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Roy Bozych

323rd BG Historian

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Combat Chronology, WWII Memorial,Marauder Men / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia