817th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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UPL 25276
Don C. Woods Crew 483rd BG 817 SQ (aircraft # 44-6329) front row: John W. Holbrook TG, Merril F. Filz BT, Howard O. Hoyt LW, Robert Foote A/RW; back row: Don S. Jones, Thomas M. Reinhardt N, Don C. Woods P
GRIMM, JACOB L. (COMPILER); COLE, VERNE H. (EDITOR)
HEROES OF THE 483RD : CREW HISTORIES OF A MUCH DECORATED B 17 BOMBER GROUP DURING WORLD WAR II. WITH A TRIBUTE TO THE MEN WHO KEPT THEM FLYING
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 817th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: Enlisted Service Number: 13105373 / Officer Service number: 0-819575
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 817th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-745737
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 817th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-699242
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: Fifteenth Air Force 483rd Bomb Group 817th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 0-757092
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 817th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 111115388
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 817th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Great Speckled Bird
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 817th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 817th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 817th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 817th Bomb Squadron 99th Bomb Group
Revisions
ContributorLucy May
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Sources
Museum of Aviation at Robins AFB, GA: https://www.museumofaviation.org/483rd.php