Byron Vincent Rafferty

Military

Assigned to 838BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew aboard B-24 42-52622 'Fluxuatin Kate'. ETD.

 

Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), American Campaign, EAME (2BS), WWII Victory.

 

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Units served with

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.

487th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-24 Liberator nicknamed "Fluxatin' Kate" of the 487th Bomb Group.

42-52622

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Fluxuatin' Kate
  • Unit: 839th Bomb Squadron 487th Bomb Group 376th Bomb Group 512th Bomb Squadron

Places

Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room.

Lavenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Topeka, Kansas 14 April 1922 Born Topeka, Kansas

Enlisted

Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 21 November 1942 Enlisted Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

Other

Discharged

23 October 1945

Buried

Leavenworth National Cemetery, Kansas 9 April 2002 Interred Leavenworth National Cemetery Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas

Died

4 December 2002

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