Gano Ellis McPherson Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURNewspaper clipping
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 8 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Chowhound mission to Utrecht, Netherlands in B-17 44-8640; crashed into English channel. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: AM, PH.
Connections
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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: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12077925 / O-831280
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Better Duck
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Flak Evader
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Section 8
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Tennessee | 11 July 1917 | |
Enlisted |
Chattanooga, TN | 1 September 1942 | Chattanooga, Tennessee |
Other Killed in action |
Off Benacre Ness | 7 May 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Chowhound mission to Utrecht, Netherlands in B-17 44-8640; crashed into English channel. KIA |
Based |
Horham | 7 May 1945 | Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/record/84021643/gano-e-mcpherson-jr-wwii-army-enl…
https://www.fold3.com/record/529905879/gano-e-mcpherson-jr-american-bat…
https://www.fold3.com/record/717701948/mcpherson-gano-e-defense-powmia-…
https://95thbg.mmsw.eu/person/4473
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56292397/gano-ellis-mcpherson
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82894538/gano-ellis-mcpherson
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia