John Charles Gerlott
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned 652BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Atlantic weather mission 17-Mar-45 in B-17 44-8601; Allah weather flight disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean. Believed to have ditched west of St. Eval due to mechanical failure. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 13856
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 18th Weather Squadron 652nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11096666 / O-828127
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 652nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Sunbury, PA | 8 August 1917 | Son of John Gerlott. |
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Died |
West of St Eval | 17 March 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Atlantic weather mission 17-Mar-45 in B-17 44-8601; Allah weather flight disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean. Believed to have ditched west of St. Eval due to mechanical failure. KIA MACR 13856 |
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Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | ||
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Based |
Watton | 17 March 1945 | Assigned 652BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Combat Chronology; Aerial Intelligence of the 8th Air Force, pg 177 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia