John Nelson Gillum Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-29825.jpeg UPL 29825 Lane High School 1941 yearbook

Lane High School yearbook Ancestry.com

Object Number - UPL 29825 - Lane High School 1941 yearbook

Killed in Action (KIA) near Hameln in B-17 'The Charactoers' #4338727

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A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

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43-38727

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Characters
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron

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Born

Charlottesville, Virginia 3 April 1923 Attended Lane High School in Charlottesville, VA

Died

5 November 1944

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10306

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Object number: UPL 29825 - Lane High School 1941 yearbook