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Missing Air Crew Report 15484
Military Record · United States Army Air Forces · 1943 · Missing Air Crew Reports
Personal File · AirmanKilled in ActionPassed 19 Jan 1943
Michael J. Reilly.
Tail Gunner · 328th Squadron · Of NJ.
The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
S/Sgt. Michael J. Reilly served as tail gunner aboard B-24D "Double Trouble" on 19 January 1943.
Reilly is listed as KIA on the revised MACR. Per the Cox interrogation report, the tail gunner died in the aircraft. Reilly is almost certainly this individual, as all other crew were reported to have bailed out.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Position
Tail Gunner
Serial Number
12051207
Hometown
NJ
Missions flown.
1 catalogued · 19 Jan 1943
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
№
Date
Target
Aircraft
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19 Jan 1943
Sousse, Tunisia
“Double Trouble”
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Interment.
§ At Rest
Cemetery
North Africa American Cemetery
Read the records.
1 document
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Sources.
§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1943
Official record
Second Air Division
Roll of Honor
Published