Jerome Joseph Ballard
Military
Object Number - UPL 23305 - 1st Lt Jerome J Ballard 504FS, 339FG, 8AF.
Assigned to 504FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 1 x kill. Failed to Return (FTR) sweep to Bremen, whilst strafing Kaltenkirchen aerodrome in P-51 'Pedunk' 44-14647, hit by flak in coolant system, abandoned A/C, chute streaming but not inflating due to the low altitude. Chute became entangled in tree tops saving his life. 20-Mar-45.
Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 13186.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Michigan, USA | 24 March 1924 | Son of Leo J and Mabel M [LaVasseur] Ballard. |
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Enlisted |
Detroit, MI, USA | 30 November 1942 | Detroit, Michigan |
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Other Crashed |
Marianna Municipal Airport (MAI), 3689 Industrial Park Dr, Marianna, FL 32446, USA | 16 March 1944 | Landing Accident Aux Field 3, Marianna AAF, FL Cat 3 damage Lt Jerome J Ballard, 16-Mar-44. P-40N 43-23998 - 691SEFTS |
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Based |
Fowlmere | 31 July 1944 - 20 March 1945 | Assigned to 504FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Crash landed |
Belgium | 3 October 1944 | Crash landed in P-51B 43-24804 "Miss Priss" Belgium 3-Oct-44. EVD. |
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Other Promotion |
Fowlmere, Royston SG8, UK | 28 October 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
Germany | 18 March 1945 | Fw190 destroyed. Germany. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 20 March 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Other Baled out |
24568 Kaltenkirchen, Germany | 20 March 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) sweep to Bremen, whilst strafing Kaltenkirchen aerodrome in P-51 'Pedunk' 44-14647, hit by flak in coolant system, abandoned A/C, chute streaming but not inflating due to the low altitude. Chute became entangled in tree tops saving his life. 20-Mar-45. POW. MACR 13186. |
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Died |
Broward County, FL, USA | 2 November 1991 | |
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Buried |
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens North Pompano Beach Broward County FL | 5 November 1991 | Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens North Pompano Beach Broward County Florida, USA |
| Detroit, MI, USA |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 13186;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database;
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
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