Gerard J Gallagher

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-7549.jpeg UPL 7549

Gerard J Gallagher Jr

Object Number - UPL 7549

Damaged by flak and ditched in channel in B-17 "Mairzy Doats" #42-107146, Killed in Action (KIA).



Missing in Action Gelsenkirchen 26/8/44 with Edwin Spencer, Co-pilot: Mervyn Richards, Navigator: Gerard Gallagher, Bombardier: Warren Boone, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Howard Chaffin, Radio Operator: George Lively, Waist gunner: Dick Kriederman (7 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Don Stover, Tail gunner: Chas Marlatt (2 RTD - rescued by ASR); en route to target #2 engine fell apart, ditched North Sea, W of Haarlem, Holl; Missing Air Crew Report 8465.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

A bomber crew and ground crew of the 379th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (FR-G, serial number 42-107146) nicknamed "Mairzy Doats" March 1944. Image via Edmund H Lutz, 379th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'B-17G "Mairzy Doats" air crew and ground crew chief 2102146 FR-G March 1944.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mairzy Doats
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

26 August 1944

Born

Brooklyn, NY, USA

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

North Sea 26 August 1944

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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

 

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Family; Gerard J Gallagher Jr

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8465 / MACR 8465; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 319 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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