Duffy J Gaudin | American Air Museum

Duffy J Gaudin Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) 24 Dec 1944. B-17G 43-37569.

AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH

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Units served with

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.

487th Bomb Group

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

A side view of a B-17G Flying Fortress (2G-C, serial number 43-37068) of the 836th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group that crash-landed at St. Margaret's. Official caption on image: "ISAD - 5627 - 2 - Crash Landing - B-17G - 43-37068 - St. Margaret's - R.Z."

836th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

43-37569

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Killed in action

24 December 1944

Born

Louisiana

Buried

Revisions

Date10 Feb 2016 10:10:51

Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter

Changes

Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 11559;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date27 Sep 2014 18:07:49

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

ABMC, MACR 11559 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/DuffyGaudin.shtml , http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/ReedCrew.shtml