World War II Honoree

Gerald M. Greer

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Bakersfield, California

Honored By

John Meurs

Relationship

Dutch Historian

SERVICE NUMBER 0-768523. CO-PILOT WITH THE 491ST BOMB GROUP, 853RD BOMB SQUADRON OF THE 8TH U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES BASED IN ENGLAND. ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1944, HIS B-24 BOMBER, SERIAL NUMBER 44-40212, WAS ON A MISSION TO THE SYNTHETIC FUEL PLANT IN MISBURG, GERMANY, WAS ATTACKED ON THE BOMB RUN BY GERMAN FIGHTERS. THE BOMBER EXPLODED AND CRASHED NEAR HILDESHEIM, GERMANY. ONLY THE TWO PILOTS COULD BAIL OUT AND WERE TAKEN PRISONER. THE OTHER SEVEN CREW MEMBERS WERE KILLED DURING THE ATTACK OR IN THE EXPLOSION.