Boyce J T Ragsdale

Military
Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane. Four men standing to the rear, five men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men UPL 69584 UPL 69584 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 1 August 1944/Railroad Bridge, Chartres, France.
Back L-R: William Combs (P), Emil Morlan (RO), Forest Bemis (TT), Donald Ward (B).
Front L-R:: Boyce Ragsdale (BT), Kenneth Lord (N), James Fisher (FG) on his last mission, Lloyd LaChine (OBS/TG), Gerald Sammons (AC).

Photo courtesy of Cynthia Smith, via Keith Ellefson.

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544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 508 42-37822 Grafton Underwood William Felix Combs Emil C Morlan Forrest James Bemis Donald L Ward Boyce J T Ragsdale Kenneth Smith Lord James J Fisher Lloyd E LaChine Gerald B Sammons On

Object Number - UPL 69584 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 1 August 1944/Railroad Bridge, Chartres, France. Back L-R: William Combs (P), Emil Morlan (RO), Forest Bemis (TT),...

Last mission Aug 1st 1944 Flew 34 missions.



DFC; Air Medal w 3/Oak Leaf Cluster; AMer Camp. Medal;EAME medal w 3/bronze stars;WWII Victory Medal with silver clasp and 1 loop; AF Longevity Service Award with 4 bronze Oak Leaf Cluster and

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

LaGrange, Georgia 11 October 1920

Died

25 January 1988

Buried

Macon, Georgia

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / son

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Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane. Four men standing to the rear, five men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men

Object number: UPL 69584 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 1 August 1944...