Name:
John R. Bernert
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-676866
Unit:
374th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group
Date of Death:
1944-07-05
State:
Ohio
Cemetery:
Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal, France
Plot:
B
Row:
26
Grave:
57
Decoration:
Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster
Comments:
1st Lt John R. Bernert, pilot of the P-51 Mustang 44-13538, took off from station 374 in Bottisham, Cambridgeshire, UK on a bombing mission in the Beauvais sector. He got into an aerial dual with an Me-109 and lost, crashing over Porcheux.