Donald H Makins

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-13548.jpeg UPL 13548 photo of my dad on feb 11 1944 the note is on the back

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Object Number - UPL 13548 - photo of my dad on feb 11 1944 the note is on the back

Shot down and disintegrated in mid-air and crashed near Schlebusch, GR on a mission to Wernigorde, GR on 22 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-97520. Killed in Action (KIA).

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James Joseph Leary

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Hartley S Seymour

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Sanderson Sloane

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Richard E Spens

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

B-17 Flying Fortresses nicknamed "London Avenger", nicknamed "Bermondsley Battler", nicknamed "Rotherhithe's Revenge" and nicknamed "Bermondsley" of the 379th Bomb Group, 15 February 1944. Passed for publication 16 Feb 1944. Censor no: 305411. Handwritten caption on reverse: '16/2/44.' Printed caption on reverse: ' CHRISTENS U.S. FORTRESS BOMBER. Feb. 16th, 1944. As an appreciation of £800,000 raised during Bermondsey's Wings for Victory Week., the people of Bermondsey christened a U.S. Fortress bomber "

42-31228

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: London Avenger
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron

42-37887

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
Ground personnel of the 379th Bomb Group work on a B-17 Flying Fortress (FR-H, serial number 42-38111) nicknamed "Mairzy Doats", April 1944. Image via Edmund H Lutz, 379th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'April 1944, my patched up B-17 "Mairzy Doats" on hardstand.'

42-38111

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron

42-5827

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lakanuki
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron

42-97520

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Peg-O-My-Heart
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron

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Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 22 February 1944

Born

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Buried

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2881 / MACR 2881, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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