42-50811 Patty Girl

Patty Girl with original crew UPL 60179 UPL 60179 Patty Girl with original crew.

Object Number - UPL 60179 - Patty Girl with original crew.

Crew who flew the Liberator from Kansas to England:

Henry Laser - Nose Gunner

Dick Donovan - Waist Gunner/Armorer

Willard Davis - Waist Gunner

Martin Carlson - Eng/Top Turret Gunner

Joe Olszanski - Nose Gunner

Robert Wray - Radio Operator Kneeling (L-R)

William Greene - Navigator

Gene Hetzler - Co-Pilot

Herbert Trulove - Pilot

Roland Alfonso - Bombardier



Info Contributor on B-24 Best Web - Stephen Donovan records:

"Bill Davis (Gunner) had a Daughter, Patty, (July 1944) for which the aircraft was named."



See photo of this crew on B-24 Best Web.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Kyle C Bailey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34707988
  • Role/Job: Gunner

Paul M Dickerson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38430300
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner
Dick Donovan - Armorer Gunner

Richard T Donovan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Armorer Gunner

Cecil T Isom

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-887067
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Redeployed to Zone of Interior

Tibenham, Norwich, Norfolk NR16, UK 20 May 1945

Other

Flown from Kansas to ETO

Kansas, USA

Revisions

Date
Contributoririshsgd
Changes
Sources

Stephen Donovan (son of Richard "Dick" Donovan of crew)

Date
Contributorphil marchese
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AAM associated image
B-24 Liberator PMD; Marchese.

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Entry on B-24 Best Web:
http://www.b24bestweb.com/pattygirl1.htm
http://www.b24bestweb.com/pattygirl2.htm

42-50811: Gallery (2 items)

Patty Girl with original crew

Object number: UPL 60179 - Patty Girl with original crew.

Object number: UPL 7070 - B-24 42-50811 'Patty Girl'.