Victor John Proffatt
MilitaryAssigned to 568BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. Crew Number 20. 12 x missions as Command pilot. Transferred to 436FS, 479BG, 8AF USAAF.
Partial Mission List: - Morscheid bridge, Koblenz, Frankfurt, Kassel, Neuss, Wesel, Berlin, Chemnitz, Ulm, Datteln, Dortmund, Jena, Schwerte-Holzeickede, Ziegenhain, Hamburg, Nurnberg, Eger, Burg, Royan, Aussig, Utrecht.
Awards: DFC, AM (2OLC), EAME (2BS), WWII Victory, UN and Korean medals.
Post war: Flew on the Berlin airlift and served in Korean War.
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Vera Mae
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron 100th Bomb Group 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 390th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron 568th Bomb Squadron
Places
![A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380433.jpg.webp?itok=L7HbOA_i)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Washington, DC | 15 August 1916 | BornWashington, DC |
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Other Commissioned |
20 May 1942 | Enlisted with RCAFTrained with RCAF, transferred to USAAF. | |
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Other Discharged |
31 July 1958 | Probably discharged in Sep/Oct 1945Called back to service for Korean War. | |
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Died |
22 July 1990 | ||
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Buried |
Saint Stanislaus-Saint Casimir Societies Cemetery Whitesboro, New York, | InterredSaint Stanislaus-Saint Casimir Societies CemeteryWhitesboro, New York, |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.390thspace.com/missions.php?name=Proffatt%2C+Victor+J