John Stephen Proffitt Jr

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media-28139.jpeg UPL 28139 1st Lt. John Stephen Proffitt, Jr., Pilot and Airplane Commander
B-17 G "Lucille" 43-38608
8th AF, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels," 359th Bomb Squadron John Stephen Proffitt Jr

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Object Number - UPL 28139 - 1st Lt. John Stephen Proffitt, Jr., Pilot and Airplane Commander B-17 G "Lucille" 43-38608 8th AF, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels," 359th Bomb...

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A B-17 Flying Fortress (EP-E, serial number 42-31767) nicknamed "Our Gal Sal" of the 100th Bomb Group at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Written on slide casing: 'Our Gal Sal EP-E, 231767 at Mount Farm.'

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  • Date: 31 December 1944
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5725) nicknamed "This is IT!" of the 381st Bomb Group opens her bomb bay doors during a mission.

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  • Date: 30 December 1944

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  • Date: 27 December 1944

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  • Date: 12 December 1944

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Richmond, Virginia 16 September 1923

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Mission Reports on the 303rd Bomb Group Website

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / daughter: Bonnie Proffitt Horton,

http://www.303rdbg.com/359proffitt.html

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