Orville J Draeger
Military
Left: Fred Draeger, USN USS Bunker Hill
Images obtained from personal family collection and Facebook 94th Bomb Group Database.
Object Number - UPL 40939 - Right: Orville Draeger, USAF 94th Bomb Group Left: Fred Draeger, USN USS Bunker Hill
07/17/43 Assigned to the 331st Bomb Squadron.
10/15/43 Transferred to the 482nd Bomb Group. (w/ Quincy V. Miller Jr. Crew)
Connections
See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.
Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: You Cawnt Miss It
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Brennan's Circus
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Jimmy Boy, Miss Donna Mae
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sunnie’s big stoop
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Jimmy Boy II
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 10 October 1943
- Date: 9 October 1943
- Date: 8 October 1943
- Date: 4 October 1943
- Date: 2 October 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Transfer |
15 October 1943 | 10/15/43 Transferred to the 482nd Bomb Group. (w/ Quincy V. Miller Jr. Crew) |
Revisions
Draeger, Orville J. S/Sgt. 36221319 William E. Service Crew
07/17/43 Assigned to the 331st Bomb Squadron.
07/28/43 WG 42-30452 QE Z Oschersleben, Germany. Abort - mechanical.
07/29/43 WG 42-30452 QE Z Warnemunde, Germany.
07/30/43 WG 42-30452 QE Z Kassel, Germany. Did not take-off.
07/30/43 WG 42-3130 QE O Kassel, Germany.
08/12/43 WG 42-30433 QE U Bonn, Germany.
08/15/43 WG 42-30433 QE U Vitry-en-Artois, France.
08/17/43 WG 42-30433 QE U Airborne spare. Regensburg, Germany.
08/24/43 WG 42-30433 QE U Beutre, France.
08/27/43 WG 42-5888 QE X Eperlecques, France.
08/31/43 WG 42-30433 QE U Brussels, Belgium. Abort - unable to catch formation.
09/03/43 WG 42-30433 QE U Airborne spare. Abort - mechanical.
09/06/43 WG 42-30433 QE U Stuttgart, Germany.
09/15/43 WG 42-30433 QE U Paris, France.
09/16/43 WG 42-30433 QE U Cognac, France.
09/26/43 WG 42-3338 QE P Betheny, France. Abort - personnel.
10/02/43 WG 42-30433 QE U Emden, Germany. Abort - mechanical. No sortie.
10/04/43 WG 42-3502 QE Q Saint-Dizier, France.
10/08/43 WG 42-3502 QE Q Bremen, Germany. Did not take-off.
10/08/43 WG 42-3537 XM B Bremen, Germany.
10/09/43 WG 42-30383 XM D2 Marienburg, Germany.
10/10/43 WG 42-30166 XM L Munster, Germany. Abort - mechanical.
10/15/43 Transferred to the 482nd Bomb Group. (w/ Quincy V. Miller Jr. Crew)
