William R Jernigen

Military

UPL 82719 UPL 82719 Pardue crew:
Rear L-R: Richard Crowell, Robert Semler, William Jernigan, Robert Pardue.
Front L-R: Charles Holley, Lloyd McCary, Raymond Thornburg, Stephen Koroluck, William Evans, Edward Lanning.

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Edward Gale Lanning William E Evans Stephen Koroluck Raymond Carroll Thornburg Lloyd Fulner McCary Charles B Holley Robert Virgil Pardue William R Jernigen Robert E Semler Robert K Crowell On

Object Number - UPL 82719 - Pardue crew: Rear L-R: Richard Crowell, Robert Semler, William Jernigan, Robert Pardue. Front L-R: Charles Holley, Lloyd McCary, Raymond Thornburg,...

Assigned to 579BS, 392BG, 8AF USAAF. Pardue Crew. 20 x missions. 2-Aug-44 mission to Corbie, France in B-24 42-51107. A/C took flak hits to fuel tanks and had to be abandoned over the UK. William's chute never had the height to correctly deploy. Killed in Action (KIA)

Mission List: Tutow, Marquize, Bernburg, Zwickau, Lechfeld, Cuxhaven, Hamm, Brunswick, St Trond, Tutow, St Avard, *Brussels, *Paris, Lisieux, Montanaube, Politz, Berlin, Munich, Troarn, Corbie.

Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.

*- Flown with 489BG

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Units served with

392nd Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

579th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Robert Virgil Pardue

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 579th Bomb Squadron 392nd Bomb Group
Service Numbers: 34003622 / O-806331
Highest Rank: Captain
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-51107

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Unit: 579th Bomb Squadron 392nd Bomb Group

Places

Wendling

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born		6 October 1923
Enlisted	Detroit, Michigan	15 September 1942	EnlistedDetroit, Michigan
Died Killed in Action (KIA)	Lynth Kent, UK	2 August 1944	Killed in Action (KIA)Baled out and chute failed to deploy.
Buried	Springfield National Cemetery Springfield, Missouri	6 January 1949	Re-InterredSpringfield National CemeterySpringfield, Missouri