William Graff
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 389th Bomb Group
Completed tour in B-24 'Delectable Doris' named after pilot Graff's girlfriend
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Military
Flew first D Day mission in B-24 'Delectable Doris' with pilot Graff.
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 389th Bomb Group
Completed tour in B-24 'Delectable Doris' named after pilot Graff's girlfriend
Group
The 389th Bomb Group, known in more familiar terms as "the Sky Scorpions", flew strategic bombing missions in B-24 Liberators from Hethel, England. They also sent detachments to join bases in North Africa at Benghazi No. 10, Libya, between 3 July 1943...
Squadron
Constituted 566th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 19 Dec. 1942. Activated on 24 Dec. 1942. Inactivated on 13 Sept. 1945. Campaigns: Air Offensive, Europe; Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; Air...
Military site : airfield
Construction of Hethel airfield began in 1941, and was finished in late 1942. The number of hardstandings was increased from the planned 36 to 50 in 1942, in order to accommodate a full heavy bomb group. The 320th Bomb Group occupied the base for ten...
Military site : airfield
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Born | New York City, New York |
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23 March 2017 10:07:17 | Lucy May | Changes to role, biography, person associations, unit associations and place associations |
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Brought in information from duplicate record. Source: |
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23 March 2017 10:05:42 | Lucy May | Changes to media associations |
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Associated images with 'J Driscoll' in caption information. |
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27 September 2014 18:16:14 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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389th BG Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |