Orin D Gurley

Military

Returned from 29 Dec 1943 mission in AC#237820. Plane crash lands at St. Mary's in the Marsh. D. Sharp crew. 30 DEC 1943



He later served as a Gunnery and bombing range officer with the 490th Bomb Group.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-37820

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron 333rd Bomb Squadron

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Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
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490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
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Combat Chronology Supplement, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol.  I, p. 449 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia