Warren H Gerow
MilitaryAssigned as an Aerial Gunner on B-17F #41-24608 [BN-S] "Yahoodi", 303BG/359BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico and arrived at Molesworth, UK aboard that aircraft, the first B-17 of 303BG to arrive in England. He did not fly any missions with "Yehoodi", but served on other aircraft.
Mission participations (See Biography events UNDER CONSTRUCTION)
Connections
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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: The Green Hornet
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Yehudi
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The 8 Ball MK II
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 23 January 1943
- Date: 13 January 1943
- Date: 3 January 1943
- Date: 30 December 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned to Aircraft |
Alamogordo, NM 88310, USA | 10 July 1942 | Assigned as an Aerial Gunner on B-17F 41-24608 "Yehoodi", 303BG/359BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. |
Other Arrived in UK |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 12 October 1942 | Arrived at Molesworth, UK as an Aerial Gunner on B-17F 41-24608 "Yehoodi", 303BG/359BS. |
Other Mission #1, TSGT Warren H. Gerow, w/B-17F 41-24603, 303BG/359BS |
Lorient, France | 30 December 1942 | Served as the Tail Gunner on B-17F 41-24603 "Green Hornet" on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #2, TSGT Warren H. Gerow, w/B-17F 41-24603, 303BG/359BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 3 January 1943 | Served as the Tail Gunner on B-17F 41-24603 "Green Hornet" on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #3, TSGT Warren H. Gerow, w/B-17F 41-24635, 303BG/359BS |
Lille, France | 13 January 1943 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17 41-24635 "The '8' Ball II" on a mission to bomb the Lille Fives Locomotive Works at Lille, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #4, TSGT Warren H. Gerow, w/B-17F 41-24635, 303BG/359BS |
Lorient, France | 23 January 1943 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17 41-24635 "The '8' Ball II" on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France at Lille, France. RTB OK. |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
Lee Cunningham 18-Dec-2015. Correcting TN in Mission #1 event title.
Lee Cunningham 18-Dec-2015. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 13-Jan-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/010.pdf
Lee Cunningham 18-Dec-2015. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 13-Jan-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/010.pdf
Lee Cunningham 18-Dec-2015. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 3-Jan-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/008.pdf
Lee Cunningham 18-Dec-2015. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 30-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/007.pdf
Lee Cunningham 18-Dec-2015. Added Arrived in UK event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Frank A. Saunders crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-saunders.html
Lee Cunningham 18-Dec-2015. Added Assigen to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Frank A. Saunders crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-saunders.html
Lee Cunningham 18-Dec-2015. Added Assigned to aircraft and arrival in UK as the beginning of the Summary Biography; made connections to Place, Aircraft and missions through 23-Jan-43 per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian Frank A. Saunders crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-saunders.html
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster