43-38704 Gator Bait

Delivered Gt Falls 6/9/44; Hunter 18/9/44; Grenier 25/9/44; Assigned 379BG Kimbolton 4/10/44; transferred 836BS/487BG Lavenham 22/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 16/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 26/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/12/45.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Elton D Crenshaw

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14118988
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Places

Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room.

Lavenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield

Missions

787

  • Date: 8 January 1945

Revisions

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A/C#, mission, name, crew referenced from family records, mission log

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log