Merle Davison

Military
A bomber crew of the 486th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38001) nicknamed "Oh Miss Agnes". Handwritten caption on reverse: '"Oh Miss Agnes" B-17G # 338001. 835 Sqdn, 486th Bomb Gp, Sudbury, Suffolk, England. Standing left to right: Carl Runge, Navigator, Dick Allbright, Pilot, Bob Miller, Co pilot. Middle Row: Red Cochill, ball gr, Bernie Poole, Tail gr. Left to right. Front row, left to right: Styles Westbrook, Waist gr, Pop Davison, Flight Engineer, Milton Carmack, Nose gu media-456605.jpg FRE 9733 A bomber crew of the 486th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38001) nicknamed "Oh Miss Agnes". Handwritten caption on reverse: '"Oh Miss Agnes" B-17G # 338001. 835 Sqdn, 486th Bomb Gp, Sudbury, Suffolk, England. Standing left to right: Carl Runge, Navigator, Dick Allbright, Pilot, Bob Miller, Co pilot. Middle Row: Red Cochill, ball gr, Bernie Poole, Tail gr. Left to right. Front row, left to right: Styles Westbrook, Waist gr, Pop Davison, Flight Engineer, Milton Carmack, Nose gunner, Junior Raines, Radio op.' Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 9733 - A bomber crew of the 486th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38001) nicknamed "Oh Miss Agnes". Handwritten caption on...

Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Dresden on 17 Apr 45 in B-17 'Old Miss Agnes' #4338001

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

A bomber crew of the 486th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38001) nicknamed "Oh Miss Agnes". Handwritten caption on reverse: '"Oh Miss Agnes" B-17G # 338001. 835 Sqdn, 486th Bomb Gp, Sudbury, Suffolk, England. Standing left to right: Carl Runge, Navigator, Dick Allbright, Pilot, Bob Miller, Co pilot. Middle Row: Red Cochill, ball gr, Bernie Poole, Tail gr. Left to right. Front row, left to right: Styles Westbrook, Waist gr, Pop Davison, Flight Engineer, Milton Carmack, Nose gu
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron

Places

Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room.
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Weeping Water, Nebraska, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 17 April 1945

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 14197 / MCR 14197 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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