Marbury L Councell Jr
MilitaryINT landed in Switzerland on 25 Feb 45 in B-17 'Dinah Mite' #4339018
Feb 25 1945 was one of six chaff ships, flying two miles ahead of formation to draw anti-air craft flak. Before take-off and while unloading barrels of tinfoil,
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Dinah Mite
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000; Snetterton Falcons pg 218, 232-233 (photo), 235