Name:
Donald L. Jerue
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
16086210
Unit:
614th Bomber Squadron, 401st Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1943-12-31
State:
Michigan
Cemetery:
Rhone American Cemetery, Draguignan, France
Plot:
C
Row:
9
Grave:
7
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
SSgt Donald L. Jerue, radio operator of the B-17 42-37770 "Flak Rat", took off from Station 128 Deenethorpe, Nothamptonshire, UK at 0830 on a bombing mission over Bordeaux along with 500 other aircraft. They were among 25 to get shot down. German fighters and flak targeted the “Flak Rat” and brought it down at 1216 after a partial evacuation.