8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Emil Richard Knutelsky
Military
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13-May-43. - " Just back from a raid over France, the flight crew of the Boeing B-17 "The Bad Penny" is met by the ground crew. they are, in front: Seated: Capt John R (Tex) McCrary, a public relations officer with the 8th Air Force. Kneeling L-R: Pvt Lester C Chesser, Sgt Tom Mullenik, Sgt Davis L George. Standing L-R: Cpl Emil Richard Knutelsky, Sgt John M Yates, M/Sgt James Lemley, Sgt Charles H Mathers, Sgt Merel Hawthorne. Seated on truck L-R: 1Lt Clyde Debaun, 1Lt Raymond V Kurtz, Capt Charles E Cliburn, 1Lt Philip T Palmer. Standing L-R: S/Sgt Clarence Cluck, S/Sgt Paul Shook, T/Sgt Raymond T Moore, S/Sgt Walter T Dager, Sgt Hubert G Hayes, S/Sgt James Moore. NARA Ref 342-FH-3A11976-79224AC.
Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Service
Units served with
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91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Group
The 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated at Harding Field, Louisiana on 15-April-1942 and went to MacDill Field, Florida for the first phase of training from 16-May-1942 to 25-June-1942. The Group was then assigned to 2nd Air Force at Walla... -
324th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Home of the Memphis Belle
Aircraft
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41-24480 'The Bad Penny'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-B] Bangor 31/8/42; Bassingbourn 26/9/42; 322BS [LG-A] 5/43 16+m; taken off operations and transferred 403 AD 2/7/43; 8AF HQ Sqd 15/8/43 for VIP duties. Salvaged 19/10/44. Used as camera ship to film Major William Wilder's...
Associated Place
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Bassingbourn
Military site : airfield
Now home to a museum all about the aifield and its USAAF residents (http://www.towermuseumbassingbourn.co.uk/) , Bassingbourn opened in 1938 as part of the RAF's pre-war expansion programme. The RAF continued to use it until late in 1942 when its long...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Westchester County, NY, USA | 25 January 1920 |
| Enlisted | Camp Upton Rd, Shirley, NY 11967, USA | 11 February 1942 |
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Camp Upton |
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| Based | Bassingbourn | 1943 – 1945 |
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Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Willsboro, NY 12996, USA | 22 November 1997 |
| Buried | Westport, NY 12993, USA | December 1997 |
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Saint Philip Neri Catholic Cemetery |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 21 March 2017 21:34:36 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and media associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/48253732?terms=41%5C-24480 |
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