42-5407 Fightin' Pappy

media-50952.jpeg UPL 50952 'Fightin' Pappy' (42-5407 OR) 323rdBS, 91st BG
Joe Harlick photo Joe Harlick Collection

Object Number - UPL 50952 - 'Fightin' Pappy' (42-5407 OR) 323rdBS, 91st BG Joe Harlick photo

Delivered Denver 3/12/42; Morrison 5/2/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-L] Thurleigh 8/2/43; taxi accident with Bill McKearn 10/3/43; later transferred 323BS/91BG [OR- ] Bassingbourn 11/9/43; 526BS/379BG [LF- ] Kimbolton 27/9/43; Missing in Action Anklam 9/10/43 with Vernon Smith, Co-pilot: Bob Greenhaig, Navigator: Calvin Ford, Bombardier: George Dickerson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Lemischak, Ball turret gunner: Walt Johnson, Waist gunner: Dave Sharman, Waist gunner: Howie Hinman,Tail gunner: Quentin Freed (9 Prisoner of War), Radio Operator: John Bryant (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Kalifornien, near Schonberg, 11 miles NE of Kiel, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1354. FIGHTING PAPPY.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW)

North Sea 9 October 1943

Revisions

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ContributorEmily
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Name Correction Info via Richard Lewis

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Contributor1Chuck
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My dad: George A Dickerson, 2nd. Lt. Bombardier

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1354 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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