Paul M Dickerson
MilitaryNewspaper article supplied by AAM Member Herman Lunden Miller.
Flew on Isom's crew in 'Patty Girl' for the 27th September 1944 mission to Kassel. One of few crews that landed back at Tibenham that day.
In a Voices of Valor article published 14 December 2014, Dickerson remembers that mission:
“Thirty-seven planes left the base, 35 planes made it to the target and only four made it back,” he said. “We lost almost the whole group.”
Connections
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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-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Patty Girl
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron 703rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 27 September 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Tivetshall
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Flew last mission |
Tibenham, Norwich, Norfolk NR16, UK | 25 December 1944 | |
Other Lives in |
Waxahachie, TX, USA | ||
Other Worked as a trucker |
Dallas, TX, USA | ||
Based |
Tibenham | ||
Other Worked for General Tire |
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Born |
Waco, TX, USA | ||
Enlisted |
Dallas, TX, USA |
Revisions
Waco Tribune-Herald article published 14 December 2014: http://www.wacotrib.com/news/veterans_profiles/voices-of-valor-paul-dic…
Birsic, SO#265 12 Oct 44 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia