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Personal info

Full name
PARKER, Jurl Thomas
Date of birth
5 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Tonkawa, Kay County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Haskell County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38469636
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Top Turret Gunner
Unit
568th Bombardment Squadron,
390th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
18 October 1944
Place of death
Leutesdorf near Neuwied, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 3 5

Immediate family

Members
Leonard J. Parker (father)
Dora A. (Lovitt) Parker (mother)
Frances J. Parker (sister)
Harvey L. Parker (brother)
Burl J. Parker (twin brother)
Pauline (Myers) Parker (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
43-38189
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Powerful Katrinka
Destination: Kassel, Germany
MACR: 9484

More information

A/C #198 was hit by flak 6 miles south of Koblenz at 1245 hours. Hit was between #3 and #4 engines which set his right wing on fire. No. 4 engine was knocked out. A/C stayed level for 10 seconds, then made a slow right turn losing altitude, and trailed formation for about ½ mile. A/C then lost right wing, going into flat spin and disintegrating. One chute was observed, with possibly 4 delayed jumps.

Four men survived and were made POW, while the remaining 5 crew members were KIA.

Source of information: Luc van der Sterren, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: Jac Engels, www.findagrave.com - Patootie / 390th.org website, Ancestry.com - Maggie Varela