Gailard Roscoe Mergenthaler Jr
MilitaryShot down 22 May 1944 in B-17 42-97091 'Dear Mom. ' Prisoner or War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Dear Mom
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Kernville, Kern County, California, USA | 29 March 1919 | |
Died |
Los Angeles County, California, USA | 12 November 1962 | |
Enlisted |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html