545th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 2/3/44; Gr Island 13/3/44; Grenier 2/4/44; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD-O] Grafton Underwood 15/4/44; transferred to 3rd Strategic Air Depot Langford Lodge training 4/3/45; transferred with the 384th Bomb Group to Istres for passenger duties, Project Green; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/12/45. SPAM-O-LINER.
Service
Units
People
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Lorenzo Abrusci
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 545th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #146 dated 24 July 1944, Richard G. Wismer Crew. 33 combat missions. -
Harold Bussey
Military | 384th Bomb Group
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James Clishem
Military | Major | Co-Pilot | 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to 545BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Ed Olson crew. 34 x combat mission. ETD Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME. -
Joseph Cogan
Military | 384th Bomb Group
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Graydon Fletcher
Military | 384th Bomb Group
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Darwin Kelley
Military | 384th Bomb Group
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William Leibel
Military | 384th Bomb Group
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David Lewis
Military | 384th Bomb Group
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Richard Potter
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 384th Bomb Group
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Gerald Rose
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 384th Bomb Group
Flew on Damn Yankee and Numerous other aircraft. His mission list is here. https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=6465
Missions
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619
10 September 1944
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644
21 September 1944
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8th Air Force 650
27 September 1944
This mission is conducted by three elements against industrial targets, an oil refinery and an aircraft factory in Germany. A total of 1,192 heavy bombers are dispatched from 1st, 2nd and 3rd Bomb Divisions: ... -
655
30 September 1944
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662
3 October 1944
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665
5 October 1944
Places
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Grafton Underwood
Military site : airfield
Grafton Underwood was built in 1941 by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd. It was the first airfield in England to receive an Eighth Air Force flying unit, when in May 1942 personnel of the 15th Bomb Squadron took up residence. As a satellite airfield for...
Events
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 16 December 2021 21:56:45 | jmoore43 | Changes to production block number |
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Added the Production block number and Manufacturer per info on the internet. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 07 November 2019 22:26:52 | bombercommand | Changes to description |
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https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/One384thAircraft.php?Aircraft... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 07 November 2019 22:23:34 | bombercommand | Changes to description and media associations |
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Woolnough Station List |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 03 July 2016 10:29:46 | jgsmit4 | Changes to person associations and mission associations |
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jgsmit4@gmail.com - grandson to Richard Glen Wismer |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 03 July 2016 09:20:26 | jgsmit4 | Changes to manufacturer, nicknames, unit associations, person associations and place associations |
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jgsmit4@gmail.com - grandson - my grandfather flew this a/c on 6 missions. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:09 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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