Paul W Murphy
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 55738
William R Lawley Jr Crew.
(Left to right) Front row, Sgt. Alfred Wendt, tail gunner; TSgt. Joseph Kobierecki, ball turret gunner; Sgt. Ralph Braswell, waist gunner; Sgt. Spears; SSgt Carrol Rowley, top turret gunner; SSgt Thomas Dempsey, radio operator.
Back row, 1st Lt. William R. Lawley, Jr., aircraft commander; Lt. Paul Murphy, co-pilot; Lt. Harry Seraphine, navigator; Lt. Harry Mason, bombardier.
(Left to right) Front row, Sgt. Alfred Wendt, tail gunner; TSgt. Joseph Kobierecki, ball turret gunner; Sgt. Ralph Braswell, waist gunner; Sgt. Spears; SSgt Carrol Rowley, top turret gunner; SSgt Thomas Dempsey, radio operator.
Back row, 1st Lt. William R. Lawley, Jr., aircraft commander; Lt. Paul Murphy, co-pilot; Lt. Harry Seraphine, navigator; Lt. Harry Mason, bombardier.
B-17G #42-38109 'Cabin in the Sky' crash landed at RAF Redhill, Surrey on return from a mission to Leipzig on 20 Feb 1944. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Cabin in the Sky
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 February 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Mississippi | 16 June 1918 | |
Buried |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
20 February 1944 |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Updated the Born event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 56292766.
Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56292766/paul-w-murphy
Contributorjmoore43
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Changed the label for the Died event to “Killed in Action (KIA)” per info in the "Summary biography".
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Chronology Supplement, 1942-45; p. 82., Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces