Sabatine Branco
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator; Waist Gunner | 487th Bomb Group
Flew 34 combat missions from 1/8/45 to 4/21/45. Most of them in a B-17G 'Dinah-Mite' #44-8694.
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44-8694
B-17 Flying Fortress
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487thBG, 839thBS, 44-8694 "Dinah-Might'
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Sabatine. J. Branco, 487thBG, 839thBS, 44-8694 "Dinah-Might'
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44-8694 "Dinah-Mite'
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44-8694 "Dinah-Mite'
Delivered Lincoln 26/11/44; Dow Fd 16/12/44; Assigned 839BS/487BG Lavenham 2/2/45; damaged in mid-air collision force landed Peterborough, Northnts, with Chas Sicaro 4/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 12/6/45; Sth Plains 17/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/12/45.
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Anthony Calega
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 487th Bomb Group
Flew on B-17G 44-8694 "Dinah-mite". -
Millard McMurray
Military | Waist Gunner | 487th Bomb Group
B-17G 44-8694 'Dinah-Mite'.
Places
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Lavenham
Military site : airfield
Lavenham was built as a standard USAAF bomber airfield, with fifty hardstandings, T2 hangars and 2,000 and 1,400 feet runways. John Laing and Son Ltd. carried out the work in 1943, and the airfield opened in April 1944. The 487th Bomb Group occupied...
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 14 December 2018 22:37:57 | Pete | Changes to serial number, manufacturer and nicknames |
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542nd Bomb Group Assoc. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 14 December 2018 22:35:19 | Pete | Changes to media associations |
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452nd Bomb Group Assoc. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:42:05 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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