Jule Vernon Conard

Military

Assigned to 487FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 2.5 x kills. Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Munich, climbing to 30,000ft as wingman to Maj George E Preddy reported engine difficulties and turned for base, last heard to have a dead engine in vicinity of Aalen, Germany. Baled out and suffered complicated break to right lower leg. Captured and after treatment became a Prisoner of War (POW). 16-Jul-44. MACR 6781.



Awards: POW, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Channel Belle Miss Cherokee
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Spirit of Lufbery
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Bodney airfield, looking south east, the barrack sites are in the top centre of the image, 8 June 1945. Photograph taken by No. 542 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/369. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Kenosha County, WI, USA 10 January 1921

Enlisted

Milwaukee, WI, USA 7 January 1942

Other

Assigned

2 May 1944 - 16 July 1944 Assigned to 487FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

E/A Destroyed [0.5]

France 29 May 1944 Shared Me109 destroyed France 29-May-44. P-51C 42-103341.

Other

Promotion

Bodney, Thetford IP26 5BX, UK 19 June 1944 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Other

E/A Destroyed [2]

60400 Noyon, France 27 June 1944 2 x Fw190s destroyed north of Noyon 27-Jun-44. P-51C 42-103312.

Other

Baled out

Aalen, Germany 16 July 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Munich engine failure prompted bale-out, broke leg on landing POW. 16-Jul-44. MACR 6781

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 16 July 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Treated for broken right lower leg. Stalag Luft I.

Died

26 June 1990
Wisconsin, USA

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6781 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list