Earl W Perry Jr

Military

On 6-Sep-43 in P-47D 41-7901 353FG/352FS F/O Earl W. Perry, Jr. was Killed in Action when his aircraft was shot down by German fighters near Le Chatelet-sur-Retourne, France while on a mission to escort B-17s attacking Stuttgart, Germany. No remains have ever been recovered. 1KIA MACR 541.

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-7901

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 352nd Fighter Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Killed in Action

Le Châtelet-sur-Retourne, France 6 September 1943 Killed when his aircraft was shot down by German fighters near Le Chatelet-sur-Retourne, France. His remains were never recovered.

Born

Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA

Revisions

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
MACR 541;
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 31-May-2015. Made correction to Name fields; Made connections to Place and Mission; Added note to KIA event and map location; Added summary biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A Hey amd Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 541.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

MACR 541 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database