Ronald James Pearce
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Lowell Sterler's collection
Object Number - UPL 40577 - Captain George Sterler's B-17 Crew
Assigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. 29 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) from Berlin in B-17 42-102541 8-May-44; A/C rammed by Me109, exploding due to wing tank fire. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4574.
Awards: DFC AM (4OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13108609 / O-818811
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12046804 / O-676879
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12075947 / O-811604
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39907604
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18131450
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 8 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, United States | 13 December 1913 | Son of Harry Pearce. |
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Enlisted |
Camden, NJ | 11 July 1942 | Camden, New Jersey |
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Died |
Sehlem, near Hildesheim, Germany | 8 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) from Berlin in B-17 42-102541 8-May-44; A/C rammed by Me109, exploding due to wing tank fire. KIA. MACR 4574 |
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Buried |
Sehlem, Germany | 9 May 1944 | in the Sehlem Cemetery, near Hildesheim, Germany |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Snetterton Heath | 8 May 1944 | Assigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Plot C Row 17 Grave 5 | |
| Camden, New Jersey | NARA WWII Enlistment record : Residence : Camden County, NJ. (NoK: - Wife Rita Pearce, residing Philadelphia, PA) |
Revisions
Cropped from UPL 40494 (replacing previous cropped photo on the page, but couldn't find under which UPL it had been placed...)
MACR 4574
WWII Draft Card
NARA WWII Enlistment Records
KU-1756 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147874844
https://www.fold3.com/image/29031437
https://www.fold3.com/record/86134878-ronald-j-pearce
https://www.fold3.com/record/529855607-ronald-j-pearce
https://www.fold3.com/image/310758601?rec=299289802
https://www.abmc.gov/node/549942
http://www.dvrbs.com/ccwd-WW2/CamdenWW2-RonaldJPearce.htm
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56360226/ronald-j-pearce
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4574 / MACR 4574; Snetterton Falcons, page 99 & 146 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
