FORTIER, Gerard G, Staff Sergeant, 71st Bomber Squadron, 38th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces, Service# 11037020, Enl: Rhode Island, MIA 2-8-1943, d.d. 12-Jan-1946
Parents, Odias and Virginia Fortier
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Officially declared dead on January 12, 1946.
Gerard served as a Staff Sergeant and Gunner on B-25D-10 Mitchell (#41-30221), 71st Bomber Squadron, 38th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He reside in Providence County, Rhode Island prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 30, 1941 in Providence, Rhode Island. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Plumber and also as Single, without dependents.
Gerard was declared "Missing In Action" when his plane went down after being attacked by Japanese Aircraft near New Guinea during the war. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 11037020
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Other crew members on this flight included:
William L Uhler
0-660013
Parks, Arizona
Captain, Pilot (MIA/KIA)
Owen H. Salvage
O-798033
Valley Stream, New York
2nd Lt., Co-Pilot
(POW, executed Aug 31, 1943)
Donnelly R McMillan
0-660876
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1st Lt., Navigator (MIA/KIA)
Joseph H McDonough
13012101
Pennsylvania
S/Sgt, Radio, (MIA/KIA)
Bottom bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
Parents, Odias and Virginia Fortier
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Officially declared dead on January 12, 1946.
Gerard served as a Staff Sergeant and Gunner on B-25D-10 Mitchell (#41-30221), 71st Bomber Squadron, 38th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He reside in Providence County, Rhode Island prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 30, 1941 in Providence, Rhode Island. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Plumber and also as Single, without dependents.
Gerard was declared "Missing In Action" when his plane went down after being attacked by Japanese Aircraft near New Guinea during the war. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 11037020
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Other crew members on this flight included:
William L Uhler
0-660013
Parks, Arizona
Captain, Pilot (MIA/KIA)
Owen H. Salvage
O-798033
Valley Stream, New York
2nd Lt., Co-Pilot
(POW, executed Aug 31, 1943)
Donnelly R McMillan
0-660876
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1st Lt., Navigator (MIA/KIA)
Joseph H McDonough
13012101
Pennsylvania
S/Sgt, Radio, (MIA/KIA)
Bottom bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
FORTIER, Gerard G, Staff Sergeant, 71st Bomber Squadron, 38th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces, Service# 11037020, Enl: Rhode Island, MIA 2-8-1943, d.d. 12-Jan-1946
Parents, Odias and Virginia Fortier
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Officially declared dead on January 12, 1946.
Gerard served as a Staff Sergeant and Gunner on B-25D-10 Mitchell (#41-30221), 71st Bomber Squadron, 38th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He reside in Providence County, Rhode Island prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 30, 1941 in Providence, Rhode Island. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Plumber and also as Single, without dependents.
Gerard was declared "Missing In Action" when his plane went down after being attacked by Japanese Aircraft near New Guinea during the war. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 11037020
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Other crew members on this flight included:
William L Uhler
0-660013
Parks, Arizona
Captain, Pilot (MIA/KIA)
Owen H. Salvage
O-798033
Valley Stream, New York
2nd Lt., Co-Pilot
(POW, executed Aug 31, 1943)
Donnelly R McMillan
0-660876
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1st Lt., Navigator (MIA/KIA)
Joseph H McDonough
13012101
Pennsylvania
S/Sgt, Radio, (MIA/KIA)
Bottom bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
Parents, Odias and Virginia Fortier
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Officially declared dead on January 12, 1946.
Gerard served as a Staff Sergeant and Gunner on B-25D-10 Mitchell (#41-30221), 71st Bomber Squadron, 38th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He reside in Providence County, Rhode Island prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 30, 1941 in Providence, Rhode Island. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Plumber and also as Single, without dependents.
Gerard was declared "Missing In Action" when his plane went down after being attacked by Japanese Aircraft near New Guinea during the war. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 11037020
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Other crew members on this flight included:
William L Uhler
0-660013
Parks, Arizona
Captain, Pilot (MIA/KIA)
Owen H. Salvage
O-798033
Valley Stream, New York
2nd Lt., Co-Pilot
(POW, executed Aug 31, 1943)
Donnelly R McMillan
0-660876
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1st Lt., Navigator (MIA/KIA)
Joseph H McDonough
13012101
Pennsylvania
S/Sgt, Radio, (MIA/KIA)
Bottom bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
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FORTIER GERARD G - S SGT - 71 BOMB SQ 38 BOMB GP (H) - RHODE ISLAND
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