Emil Berry Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-46310.jpeg UPL 46310

Personal records

Object Number - UPL 46310

Assigned to 704BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ludwigshaven in B-24 42-52467 'Hula Wahine II' 31-7-44; shot down by flak and crashed at Dudweiler. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 7747



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 704th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 704th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 704th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 704th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 704th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Hula Wahine II
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 704th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Bungay (Flixton) airfield, looking south, the technical site- with T2 hangar- and control tower are to the right, where the main airfield gate is also situated, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/930. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Flixton

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Louisville, KY, USA 29 August 1915 Son of Emil Sr and Lelah [Sonner] Berry.

Enlisted

Allentown, RI 26 May 1942 Allentown, Rhode Island

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Dudweiler, Germany 31 July 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Ludwigshaven in B-24 42-52467 'Hula Wahine II' 31-7-44; shot down by flak and crashed at Dudweiler. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 7747

Buried

Re-Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Plot D Row 25 Grave 40

Based

Bungay 31 July 1944 Assigned to 704BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate record to include details from:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
MACR 7826.
Burial detail from http://www.findagrave.com

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 7747 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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