Douglas E Jerrold

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) at Gottens in B-24 #4251518

Connections

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 489th Bomb Group.

489th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-51518

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

27 February 1945

Born

Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 27 February 1945

Enlisted

Revisions

Date
ContributorRockystream
Changes
Sources

He did not rotate back to ZI with the 489 BG in11/44 (Carl Hillstrom's crew 26, PFF) to B-29s because he went DNIF for shooting his .45 through his hand. He needed more sorties so was sent to B-24s in Tibenham. No one knew of his status for years. His sister wrote my father (Carl Hillstrom) in 1946 asking for info. Even the 489th historian, Charlie Freudenthal, could find nothing on Doug (1990s). A Google search on 10/2018 directed me to this site (Dave Hillstrom). Carl said that Doug was an excellent "Mickey" but always had to be bailed out of some trouble.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Birsic MACR 12794 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12794 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database