Julius F Greer Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURRWG, Hopp crew. 381st BG, 535th BS. Shot down 5 November 1943 in B-17 #42-30852 'Blowin' Bessie'. Mission #42 to the synthetic oil factory at Gelsenkirchen, Germany. MACR 1399. Killed in Action (KIA). Possibly killed in the fighter attack. Tablets of the Missing at the Netherlands AMC.
Monticello, GA
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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: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-801752
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35486698
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33351114
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17038024 at enlistment, then O-523266
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-678413
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hot Toddy, Blowin Bessie
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 5 November 1943
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Monticello, Georgia, USA | ||
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Hollland | 5 November 1943 | |
Buried |
Tablets of the Missing |
Revisions
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
MACR 1399 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database