Gerald Silver

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-15141.jpeg UPL 15141 Rougham Control Tower Museum

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Object Number - UPL 15141 - Rougham Control Tower Museum

Shot down probably by flak on a mission to Berlin on 4 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31169 'Hey Mabel!'. Killed in Action (KIA).



HE DIED AS HE LIVED

FIGHTING FASCISM



According to MACR 2998, Silver was the Radio Operator on 42-38169. There was a fire in the radio compartment of the aircraft, reason unknown. The Pilot peeled out of formation, the aircraft went into a spin, and crashed. 5 KIA

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Nobody's Fool
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Brooklyn, New York, USA 16 June 1923

Died

4 March 1944

Buried

East Farmingdale, NY, USA Wellwood Cemetery East Farmingdale Suffolk County New York, USA

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

France 4 March 1944

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Find A Grave Memorial# 134100703
Rougham Control Tower memorial plaques
MACR 2998, accessed at Fold3

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2998 / MACR 2998, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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