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Jerome Perchinske Sr served in World War II from August, 22nd, 1944 until June, 26th 1945. During his military tenure, he served mainly under the Fifteenth United States Army Air Corp as a member of the 485th Bomb Group - 828 Squadron stationed in. Venousa, Italy. He was listed as a Technical Sargeant but served as an Engineer on a B24 Liberator Bomber. He often served as an airplane gunner. Jerry's manual noted that he flew in his first sortie/mission on Sep 13, 1944. According to 485th mission log, this occurred at Auschwitz, Poland. He noted that he had completed 31 sorties by April 1945. He was awarded the Purple Heart medal for being hit by flack.
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