Curtis Adamy
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 466th Bomb Group
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845
24 February 1945
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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
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2. BIELEFELD
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3. BREMEN
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RAIL BRIDGE
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4. BREMEN/DESCHIMAG
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SUBMARINE PENS
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5. BRINKUM
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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
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6. HAMBURG/ALBRECT
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OIL REFINERY
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7. HAMBURG/HARBURG
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OIL REFINERY
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8. HANNOVER
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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
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9. LEHRTE
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10. LINGEN
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11. MINDEN
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12. MISBURG
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OIL REFINERY
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13. OSNABRUCK
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14. QUACKENBRUCK
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15. WESEL
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RAIL BRIDGE
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Service
People
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Jesse Adcock
Military | Chief Master Sergeant | B-17 Toglier in WWII; Aircraft Maintenance until 1967 retirement | 96th Bomb Group
Assigned Dec 1944. Flew 55+ missions in B-17 as togglier. Adcock grew up on a farm in Ellisville, Mississippi, USA. He was career Air Force, retiring in 1967 as a Chief Master Sergeant (CMSAF). Born 3/8/1924 Died 3/16/2017 -
Clarence Bitner
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Ball Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 336BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 24 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Holzwickede 23-Mar-45. Mid air collision with B-17 44-8754, crashed Campsea Ash, Suffolk. Killed in Action (KIA). Awards: AM (3OLC), GC, PH. -
Sabatine Branco
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator; Waist Gunner | 487th Bomb Group
Flew 34 combat missions from 1/8/45 to 4/21/45. Most of them in a B-17G 'Dinah-Mite' #44-8694. -
Peter Brennan
Military | Technical Sergeant | Togglier | 388th Bomb Group
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Max Burrows
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
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Frank Calicura
Military | First Lieutenant | B-17 Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Frank Calicura served as a pilot with the 95th Bomb Group. ... -
Gabriel Chapra
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Radio Operator | 95th Bomb Group
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Robert Conrad
Military | Captain | Navigator | 445th Bomb Group
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Arl Cross
Military | Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) | Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Aircraft
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42-107062 Worry Bird/Miss Bea Haven
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 9/2/44; Rapid City 2/3/44; Dow Fd 3/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 25/4/44; no ops, transferred 562BS/388BG Knettishall 29/4/44 WORRY BIRD; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 29/11/45;... -
43-38617 New York Express
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 24/8/44; Hunter 7/9/44; Dow Fd 18/9/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-Q] Horham 19/9/44; with W.N. Dunwoody force landed Raydon afb, Suffolk 10/1/45; 80m, Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 28/6/45;... -
43-38776 Passion Wagon/Victory Devils
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Lincoln 20/9/44; Grenier 11/10/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-B] Horham 13/10/44; 67m, Returned to the USA Bradley 26/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 28/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29... -
43-38933 Dear Mom II/Weary Wolf
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Lincoln 14/10/44; Dow Fd 26/10/44; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 29/10/44; while on navigation exercise 17/5/45 with H.J. Cole, cp V. Ferguson, two navigators and two grounded crew, on as makeshift ttg and r/op (6 Killed in Action); crash... -
44-6597 Supermouse
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Lincoln 18/9/44; Grenier 11/10/44; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 12/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 28/6/45; Sth Plains 1/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45. SUPERMOUSE. -
44-8210 Sweetheart of Seattle
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Dallas 11/7/44; Langley 8/8/44; Dow Fd 12/9/44; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-Z] Rougham 14/9/44; transferred 335BS/95BG [OE-J] Horham 11/44; with L.W. Jensen, Radio Operator: Paul Rupard, Waist gunner: - Olson [2wia] 24/2/45; 53m, RetUS,... -
44-8549 Just Joyce
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 12/10/44; Hunter 5/11/44; Grenier 3/12/44; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 16/12/44; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 8/1/46. JUST JOYCE. -
44-8604 Section Eight
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Lincoln 31/10/44; Grenier 15/12/44; Dow Fd 15/12/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-X] Horham 17/12/44;with Bill Dunwoody force landed B-53 Merville Afd, Bel. 19/3/45; battle damaged Holzwickede 23/3/45 with Bill Dunwoody, Co-pilot: M. Burrows,...
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 17 September 2018 04:00:00 | spiritofmartinez45 | Changes to media associations |
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Corrected linked image. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 23 March 2017 16:19:58 | dwgdallas | Changes to person associations |
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The personal collection of Lt. Billy J. Murray |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:43:09 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Lee Cunningham, 8th Air Force missions research database / Stan Bishop's 'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces', the Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces and the work of Roger Freeman including the 'Mighty Eighth War Diary'. |
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