Garrett Anthony Filemyr

Military
media-52532.jpeg UPL 52532 2nd Lt Garrett A Filemyr, 401BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 52532 - 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.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12087259 / O-819965
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19151318
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16086404
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35090426
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18177968
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

Factory fresh B-17s
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Betty's Revenge
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Liberty Run
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Shade Ruff #2
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 14 August 1921 Son of Edward J and Katherine Filemyr.

Enlisted

Philadelphia, PA 4 May 1942 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Other

Commissioned

28 July 1943 Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant.

Other

Interned (INT)

Spain 19 June 1944 - 4 July 1944 Shot down in Spain in B-17 42-31315 'Liberty Run', on 19-Jun-44, Interned (INT).

Other

Discharged USAAF

8 September 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

7 June 1970

Buried

Odd Fellows Cemetery and Mausoleum Burlington, Burlington County, NJ 10 June 1970 Odd Fellows Cemetery and Mausoleum Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey

Based

Deenethorpe Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Added punctuation to the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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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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Sources

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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