WARNER Gerald E - 718 BS 449 BGH

 

Gerald E. WARNER

 

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NUMBER OF SERVICEO-691327
AGE--- yo
DATE OF BIRTH---
ENLISTMENT STATESOUTH DAKOTA
FAMILY

Parents : Vernice Mervin & Nellie Duck WARNER

Frères et sœurs : Mervin C & Gerald E

RANKSecond Lieutenant
FONCTIONPilot
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT SD
DATE of ENLISTEMENT 
 SQUADRON718th Bomber Squadron
 GROUP449th Bomber Group, Heavy
ARMY15th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH26 May 1944

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STATUSMIA
PLACE OF DEATHBaie des Anges - Off Nice
DATA PLAN

B-24 Liberator - type H-20-DT - s/n 41-28972 "High Life"

B 24 Liberator

Macr : 5435
Mission: St-Laurent-du-Var (06) - Bridge over the mouth of the Var
Take-off Grottaglie (Italy) - Position indicated in the MACR: 43°37N/7°14E - Crash observed by 2Lt Lorin E. Robinson/S/Sgt Martin J. Hart/S/Sgt Joseph Schindelman
Shot down by flak (direct hit, bomb bay open) - Explosion in flight - Aircraft broke in two and fell into sea in flames at 10:18

 
CEMETERYRHONE AMERICAN CEMETERY and MEMORIAL of Draguignan

Map of Rhône American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
Wall of the Missing
DECORATION

Air Medal

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

Brevet Pilote


am

Photo FDLM

victory medal

combat infantryman badge

 
usaf 9af 368fg 718 bomb squadron
STORY
 

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Equipage du B-24 Liberator - type H-20-DT - s/n 41-28972

"High Life"

 

2Lt Gerald E WARNER Pilot Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Am Rhône Draguignan O-691327 - AM/PH - Fils de Mme Vernice H. Warner - Vermillion, South Dakota
2Lt Frank E STERNER CoPilot Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Am Rhône Draguignan O-1683531 - AM+3/PH - Fils de Mr Dewey J. Sterner - Muncy, Pennsylvania
2Lt Claude E Jr SPYRES Navigator Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Am Rhône Draguignan O-701331 - AM/PH - Fils de Mme Myrtyce M. Spyres - Little Rock, Arkansas
2Lt Harold W TANNER Bomber Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Am Rhône Draguignan O-699537 - AM/PH - Fils de Mme Clementine Tanner - Rodessa, Louisiana
S/Sgt Robert C SLUSHER

Mecanicien

Gunner

 Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Am Rhône Draguignan 35099211 - AM/PH - Fils de Mme Florence M. Slusher - Peru, Indiana
S/Sgt Elmer J BOEHNKE

Mecanicien

Gunner

 Dead Cim Am Rhône Draguignan 37549911 - PH - Fils de Mme Ella Boenhke - Henry, South Dakota USA - Initially buried at the Cim de Caucade, Nice (06)
Sgt Howard R JOHNSON Radio/Gunner Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Am Rhône Draguignan 32730633 - Fils de Mme Marthe Dietrich - Niagara Falls, New York
Cpl Lawrence N MERRIFIELD Radio/Gunner Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Am Rhône Draguignan 37652254 - AM/PH - Fils de Mme Dorothy E. Merrifield - Worthington, Minnesota
T/Sgt Robert W MILLER Gunner Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Am Rhône Draguignan 20601580 - AM/PH - Fils de Mme Grace F. Miller - Dixon, Illinois
Cpl Charles F SMITH Gunner Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Am Rhône Draguignan 16125346 -AM/PH - Fils de Mr Frank Smeith - Chicago, Illinois
B 24 Liberator

SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTOAbmc.gov - Findagrave.com - Francecrashes39-45.net - Wikipedia.org
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