42-31095 Ground Pounder

media-25632.jpeg UPL 25632 42-31095 Ground Pounder Hutchinson & Cortright

Hutchinson & Cortright

Object Number - UPL 25632 - 42-31095 Ground Pounder

Delivered Cheyenne 20/9/43; Harvard 4/10/43; Assigned 708BS/447BG Rattlesden 19/11/43; Missing in Action Hamm 29/11/44 with ? , unknown crew except Waist gunner: Garrett Rozema. THE GROUND POUNDER.

The 447th BG did not fly a mission on 29 November 1944

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.

447th Bomb Group

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

People

Warren Mason Callahan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Paul J Collins

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-765619
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Bombardier, navigator

Thomas Charles (?) Diamond

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35652655
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Oscar G Flores

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Raymond Franklin Gaswint

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39856335
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Places

Missions

548

  • Date: 13 August 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Cheyenne, WY 20 September 1943

Assigned

Rattlesden Airfield, UK 19 November 1943 447BG 708BS

Revisions

Date11 Jul 2020 02:04:50
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to production block number, markings, description, events and place associations
Sources

History of the 447th BG - Doyle Shields
page 232

Date3 Feb 2017 19:55:11
Contributortimothymotz
ChangesChanges to unit associations, person associations, place associations and mission associations
Sources

Timothy Motz; from a mission list kept by Harold Motz, compared with Doyle Shields, "History of the 447th Bomb Group"

Date7 Apr 2016 15:49:16
ContributorJoeTate
ChangesChanges to nicknames
Sources

http://www.447bg.com/Harvard%20Planes.htm

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:36
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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