George C Mackenzie

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-49974.jpeg UPL 49974 B-24 42-52640 'Dipsy Dee', 839BS, 487BG with Lt Zeigler and crew.

Rear (L-R): S/Sgt Donald P. Mann (WG), S/Sgt Francis D. McCann (RO), Morris (passenger-not a crew member), S/Sgt Robert M. Allard (TG), S/Sgt Stanley Goldstein (TTG), S/Sgt James D. Bonds (BTG)
Front (L-R): 1st Lt Arlon F. Ziegler (P), 2nd Lt George C. Mackenzie (CP), 1st Lt Robert A. Klink (B), 1st Lt John R. Pearson (N)

Object Number - UPL 49974 - B-24 42-52640 'Dipsy Dee', 839BS, 487BG with Lt Zeigler and crew. Rear (L-R): S/Sgt Donald P. Mann (WG), S/Sgt Francis D. McCann (RO), Morris...

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Units served with

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Satchel Lass
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Dipsy Dee
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a 487th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Bashful Marion". The woman in the nose art is separately named ""Wrong Way" Kairis", and two names are inscribed under the cockpit window (covered by a sheet), a crewman called "Skipper" Schlemm and the crew chief, Technical Sergeant Joe Perisie. Handwritten caption on reverse: '487BG.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Bashful Marion
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron 839th Bomb Squadron

Places

Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room.
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield

Revisions

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ContributorIWMPM
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Sources

487th BG http://www.487thbg.org/roster/487thM.htm

'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces. Volume 3. ETO Area - April 1944 - June 1944'. Bishop, Stan D & Hey, John A. Bishop Book Productions. 2009. ISBN 978-0-9547685-3-9

Date
ContributorIWMPM
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487th BG http://www.487thbg.org/roster/487thM.htm

'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces. Volume 3. ETO Area - April 1944 - June 1944'. Bishop, Stan D & Hey, John A. Bishop Book Productions. 2009. ISBN 978-0-9547685-3-9

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ContributorAAM
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Combat Sup, Unit Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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