Don Ong

Military

Flew a total of 50 mission with no aborts in ETO. Retired in 1972.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

Ground personnel of the 388th Bomb Group with their Cletrac and a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30851) nicknamed "Little Boy Blue". Image via B Cook. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17F-125-BO "Little Boy Blue" 560th BS, 388th BG, s/n 42-30851. Lost in mid-air 7-19-44.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Boy Blue
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
An airman of the 388th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8146).
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Round Trip
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 388th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron

Events

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Born

San Francisco, California

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Sources

388th BG Newsletter Spring 2001 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia