John E Murphy | American Air Museum

John E Murphy

Military

Flew Mosquitos on recon missions, dropping chaff over Germany.

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Units served with

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'

25th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Reconnaissance

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'

654th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

NS569

Aircraft Type: Mosquito
Unit: 325th Photographic Reconnaissance Wing 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron

Places

A crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 25th Bomb Group. Veteran's caption handwritten on reverse: 'Back Row- Left to Right Edward Corner Tail Gunner (Deceased)- Sam Odensky RDG- Donald Yennie Engineer (Status Unknown) The Hawk RAF) 1st Row Kneeling L to R Warren Forgie (Pilot), Earnest York (Co-Pilot), Edward Sofranko (Navigator), Robert Poe (Ball Gunner) (Edward York Died Oct 15, 1988 Heart Attack).'

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Site type: Airfield

Revisions

Date8 Feb 2021 12:38:30

Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter

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Sources

25th BG unit history / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Date30 Dec 2014 14:03:49

ContributorAl_Skiff

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Sources

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