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Donald M Eastling

Military

B-17 #42-29919 'Carbondale Special' June 13, 1943 suffered bomb damage and injuries to BTG and TG. Aug 17, 1943, piloted 'Wee Bonnie' B17 42-30185

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Units served with

Staff Sergeant Rich, a top turret gunner of the 95th Bomb Group with his B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97232 ) nicknamed "Sandy's Refueling Boys", August 1944. Image via Albert Keeler, 95th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'S/Sgt Rich top turret gunner 412 BS.'

412th Bomb Squadron

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

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-29740

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Tondelayo
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron 337th Bomb Squadron 339th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron

42-29919

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Carbondale Special
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

42-30185

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Wee Bonnie
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

A crsashed B-17F Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3273) of the 95th Bomb Group. Official caption on image: "1746. MRU. 12-23-43. Repps, Norfolk Co. B-17F, 42-3273. A." Handwritten caption on reverse: '22/12/43 A.' On reverse: Damaged USAAF Photographic Station 505 [Stamp].

42-3273

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Impatient Virgin
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

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Sources

AccidentReports.com, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop and Hey p. 154, 248 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia