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44-8040 13th Jinx

Delivered Tulsa 14/5/44; Dallas 14/6/44; Langley 6/7/44; Grenier 3/8/44; Assigned PFF 335BS/95BG [OE-N] Horham 5/8/44; 412BS [QW-N]; 36m, sal 8/6/45. 13TH JINX.

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Units served with

95th Bomb Group

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

People

Billy Paul Decherniss

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-712131
Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Role/Job: Radar Navigator

Billy Chat Ferguson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 39552583
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
Role/Job: Flight Engineer

Donald Bankie Flygstad

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-2064709
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Gene Carlton Grime

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 19087003
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
Role/Job: Radio Operator

Benjamin Francis Hathaway

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-703359
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Places

Horham

Site type: Airfield

Missions

611

Date: 8 September 1944

614

Date: 9 September 1944

640 Operation Frantic VII

Date: 18 September 1944
Official Description: 110 B-17’s and 150 P-51’s (64 P-51’s to continue to USSR) drop supplies to Polish forces at Warsaw. 3 B-17’s abort and 2 are lost. After completing supply drop, 105 B-17’s and the 64 P-51’s proceed to USSR.