George J Gabriel

Military

Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 mission club. 28 x combat mission. ETD.





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Aircraft

42-30237

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Stump Jumper
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 1 524th Bomb Squadron
Ground personnel watch a B-17 Flying Fortress (FR-M, serial number 42-30298) nicknamed "Ragin' Red II" of the 379th Bomb Group start up in snow at Bassingbourn, January 1945. Image by William D "Bill" Pulliam, 91st Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'Ragin' Red 379th FG B-17 F Bassingbourn 1/45. Stop a/c 66fw.'

42-30298

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tender Tit Tillie / Ragin' Red II
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron 837th Bomb Squadron

42-3269

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Picadilly Willy
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron

42-3300

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

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

New York, NY 4 December 1939 New York, NY

Born

Auburn, Cayuga County, NY

Based

Kimbolton Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/83300334-george-j-gabriel
http://8thairforce.com/members/missionsflownby.asp?perIdentification=24…
379th Bombardment Group (H) Anthology, November 1942-July 1945

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ContributorAAM
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379th Bomb Group Anthology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia