Gerald L Kerr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Object Number - UPL 63647 - 2nd Lt Gerald L Kerr

Assigned to 748BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Munich 12-Jul-44 in B-17 42-31552; damaged by flak and crashed in Switzerland . Killed in Action (KIA)

 

Awards: AM, PH.

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-817715
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Edward Schilling
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-716675
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37659544
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13120666
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lufkin, Texas 24 May 1921 Born Lufkin, Texas

Enlisted

Houston, Texas 30 June 1941 Enlisted Houston, Texas

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Pratigau, Switzerland 12 July 1944 Killed in Action (KIA) Pratigau, Switzerland

Buried

Garden of Memories Cemetery Lufkin, Texas 27 April 1949 Re-Interred Garden of Memories Cemetery Lufkin, Texas

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6926 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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