Denver Jack Matney

Military

Flew 52 combat missions with the 47th BG

Flew 11 combat missions with the 97th BG

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Units served with

A-26 Invaders, including (serial number 43-22575) of the 47th Bomb Group, 12th Air Force lined up in Italy.

47th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Ground personnel of the 97th Bomb Group reservice a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-9023) nicknamed "Yankee Doodle", following the raid on Rouen. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 18 Aug 1942.' [stamp], 'Air=SER (Boeing).' [written annotation] and '216112.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S FLYING FORTRESSES RAID ROUEN IN DAYLIGHT. Associated Press Photo Shows: No sooner had one of the huge Fortresses landed after the raid than ground crew im

97th Bomb Group

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

Places

Ta Kali

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: RAF Ta Kali, Ta Qali

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lick Creek, Kentucky 26 May 1923

Enlisted

Fort Thomas, Kentucky 27 June 1941
Pikeville, Kentucky 5 July 1945

Died

Pikeville, Kentucky 12 April 2005

Buried

Shelbiana, Kentucky 15 April 2005 Annie E. Young Cemetery Pikeville, Pike County, Kentucky, USA

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125696326/denver-j.-matney
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/44012_01_0…

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97th Bomb Group Association, Inc., Roster - June 1, 2000 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia