John De Vries
Military
UPL 22707
UPL 22707
Crew of B-17 42-30831 Lazy Baby
JOHN DEVRIES in incorrect. It is actually Sybrand Richard de Vries. I am his daughter.
Richard De Vries served as a ball turret gunner with the 364th Bomb Squadron of the 305th Bomb Group, flying bombing missions out of Chelveston, England.
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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: Lazy Baby
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
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Sources
305th Bomb Group Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia