John Howes Garey

Military

Assigned to 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Hanover in B-17 42-30174 26-Jul-43; shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Aurich, near Bremen, Germany; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 90



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

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

People

Robert Francis Tessier

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11023695 / O-791352
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-30174

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lady Luck II
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron 410th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

South Orange, NJ 10 October 1918 Son of John and Ellen [Jewett] Gerey.

Other

Baled out POW

Aurich, Germany 26 July 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Hanover in B-17 42-30174 26-Jul-43; shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Aurich, near Bremen, Germany; POW MACR 90

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 26 July 1943 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.

Buried

Houston National Cemetery, Houston, TX 2 August 2007 Houston National Cemetery Houston, Harris County, Texas Section: C-7 Row: D Plot: 67

Died

El Paso, TX 5 August 2007

Based

Bury St Edmunds 26 July 1943 Assigned to 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 90