Donald Eugene Graves

Military
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Object Number - UPL 39815 - Donald Graves - R & R with some of the crew and others.

35 missions, bombed on D-Day 2 missions. 10am mission on Panzer div. and 4:00pm bombed rail station. Emergency landing into Russian territory. 2 crash landings in EnglandMissions on 'Bad Penny' and' Little Joe'



DFC (2) , Air Medal w 7/Oak Leaf Cluster, 4 combat ribbons

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

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Born

Seymour 3 April 1923

Enlisted

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / son & self; Snetterton Falcons, pg 150

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