Name:
Earl Lowery Kerbow
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
18039731
Unit:
368th Bomber Squadron, 306th Bomb Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1943-01-03
State:
Texas
Cemetery:
Brittany American Cemetery, St. James, France
Plot:
M
Row:
4
Grave:
11
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:
SSgt Earl Lowery Kerbow, tail gunner of the B-17 41-24501, took off from Station 111 in Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, UK on a bombing mission over St Nazaire’s submarine pens. They were targeted by flak and fighters until the crew bailed out over the Atlantic. Kerbow was KIA.