Name | Crow, Jerry Adrian ‡ |
Rank | Sergeant |
Serial Number | 38306491 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #146 dated 17 November 1943, effective 17 November 1943. |
Duty | Tail Gunner |
MOS | 611 - Aerial Gunner |
Last Duty Date | 20 December 1943 |
Results |
Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf [actually Gneixendorf] Near Krems Austria 48-15 |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 1725⇓ (3.658 MB) 2LT James F. Carnes Crew, 546th BS (Legacy)⇗ |
Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. Carnes, James Frederick, "Fred"⇗ | Pilot | POW |
2nd Lt. Parsons, William Harold⇗ | Co-pilot | POW |
2nd Lt. Pue, Robert John⇗ | Navigator | POW |
2nd Lt. Kahn, Jacob S (IO)⇗ | Bombardier | POW |
S/SGT. Wetherbee, Robert Odell⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | KIA |
S/SGT. Meyer, Mark August⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | POW |
SGT. Doss, Frank Emmett⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | POW |
SGT. Crow, Jerry Adrian | Tail Gunner | POW |
SGT. McLain, Marvin Dewey⇗ | Flexible Gunner | POW |
SGT. Tragellas, William George⇗ | Flexible Gunner | POW |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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44⇗ | 20 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area/Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑29935⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit This crew's first mission; left formation shortly after attacking target; ran out of fuel and ditched in the North Sea off the Dutch Coast (Frisian Islands); they were rescued and brought to the German Frisian Island of Juist, where the radio operator who had been KIA was buried; MACR 1725. Sortie Report⇗ |