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2nd Lt Garrett A Filemyr, 401BG.
Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 23 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Bordeaux in B-17 42-31315 'Liberty Run', on 19-Jun-44; flak shot off the tail, A/C ditched in Bay of Biscay. Interned (INT) in Spain.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 27 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Bordeaux in B-17 42-31315 'Liberty Run', on 19-Jun-44; flak shot off the tail, A/C ditched in Bay of Biscay. Interned (INT) in Spain.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 27 x combat missions. Garrett Filemyr crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Bordeaux in B-17 42-31315 'Liberty Run', on 19-Jun-44; flak shot off the tail, A/C ditched in Bay of Biscay. Interned (INT) in Spain.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Garrett Filemyr crew. 23 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Bordeaux in B-17 42-31315 'Liberty Run', on 19-Jun-44; flak shot off the tail, A/C ditched in Bay of Biscay. Interned (INT) in Spain.
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Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 5th combat mission. Garrett Filemyr crew. Tail gunner. Failed to Return (FTR) Bordeaux in B-17 42-31315 'Liberty Run', on 19-Jun-44; flak shot off the tail. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5999
Awards: PH.
Military | Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 23 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Bordeaux in B-17 42-31315 'Liberty Run', on 19-Jun-44; flak shot off the tail, A/C ditched in Bay of Biscay. Interned (INT) in Spain.
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 23 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Bordeaux in B-17 42-31315 'Liberty Run', on 19-Jun-44; flak shot off the tail, A/C ditched in Bay of Biscay. Interned (INT) in Spain.
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Military | Sergeant | Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner | 401st Bomb Group
Crashed in Spain on 6/19/44 in B-17 Liberty Run #42-31315. Interned then sent back to England and returned to his base and started instructing others on the use of the radio. He was then reassigned to a bomber and flew quite a few more missions then he...
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 27 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Bordeaux in B-17 42-31315 'Liberty Run', on 19-Jun-44; flak shot off the tail, A/C ditched in Bay of Biscay. Interned (INT) in Spain.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 27 x combat missions. Garrett Filemyr crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Bordeaux in B-17 42-31315 'Liberty Run', on 19-Jun-44; flak shot off the tail, A/C ditched in Bay of Biscay. Interned (INT) in Spain.
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Group
The 401st Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Deenethorpe, Northamptonshire, from November 1943 to June 1945. Starting their missions at that time meant the focus was very much on the coming invasion attempt of France planned for the following...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 16/2/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Grenier 3/4/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-G] Deenethorpe 16/4/44; Missing in Action Politz, Poland 7/10/44 with Alex Harasym, Clarry Barsuk, Glen Topic, Jarvis Friduss, Emanuel Saylor, John Bailey, George Capps ...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 19/10/43; Gr Island 1/11/43; Romulus 18/11/43; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-C] Deenethorpe 23/12/43; Missing in Action Bordeaux 19/6/44 with Garrett Filemyr, Co-pilot: Herb Claxton, Navigator: Ed Robinson, Bombardier: Bob Monteil, Flight...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 28/11/43; Wendover 12/12/43; Nutts Corner, Belfast, N. I. 20/1/44; Assigned 748BS/457BG Glatton 9/1/44; 749BS; transferred 614BS/401BG [IW-Q] Deenethorpe 11/3/44.
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Military site : airfield
Deenethorpe was a base purpose-built for American heavy bombers, with the Class A regulation 2,000 and 1,400-yard runways. All the buildings on site,such as the accommodation and administrative blocks, were temporary. In December 1943, several local...
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| Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | 14 August 1921 |
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Son of Edward J and Katherine Filemyr. |
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| Enlisted | Philadelphia, PA | 4 May 1942 |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Commissioned | 28 July 1943 | |
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Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant. |
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| Interned (INT) | Spain | 19 June 1944 – 4 July 1944 |
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Shot down in Spain in B-17 42-31315 'Liberty Run', on 19-Jun-44, Interned (INT). |
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| Based | Deenethorpe | December 1944 – September 1944 |
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Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Discharged USAAF | 8 September 1945 | |
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Honourable discharge. |
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| Died | 7 June 1970 | |
| Buried | Odd Fellows Cemetery and Mausoleum Burlington, Burlington County, NJ | 10 June 1970 |
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Odd Fellows Cemetery and Mausoleum |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 22 October 2021 20:32:25 | Al_Skiff | Changes to events and aircraft associations |
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116018024/garrett-a-filemyr |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 22 October 2021 20:26:10 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, service number, highest rank, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28739045 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 21 April 2021 01:27:15 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added punctuation to the "Summary biography" to aid clarity. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 31 January 2020 19:07:11 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity. Changed the location of the POW event from "France" to "Spain". |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:10:35 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5999 / MACR5999, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=207 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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