Donald S Morrison

Military
media-28197.jpeg UPL 28197 O-735632
Lt Donald S. Morrison - Pilot Robert. E. DeMille

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Object Number - UPL 28197 - O-735632 Lt Donald S. Morrison - Pilot

Shot down 26 November 1943 in B-17 #42-5051 'Barrel House Bessie'. Plane ditched in North Sea. Rescued and returned to base.

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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

People

Robert K Belk

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-736681
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

James Frank Bucher

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13067778
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Joseph Earnest Burger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32373835
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Robert E DeMille

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-741973
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Donald Leroy Engwer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36255285
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-5051

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Barrel House Bessie
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron 303rd Bomb Group 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

31 December 1917

Other

rescued after ditching in North Sea

26 November 1943 of B17 42-5051

Died

6 January 1989 Springfield, Illnois

Buried

Donald Morrison rests at the Camp Butler National Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois

Revisions

Date26 Feb 2020 21:57:23
ContributorBdemille
ChangesChanges to highest rank
Sources

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=2827

Date8 Feb 2019 10:42:48
ContributorED-BB
ChangesChanges to biography, events, person associations and mission associations
Sources

MACR 1579
SSDI Death Index

Date28 May 2017 07:25:09
ContributorBdemille
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Bruce A. DeMille, son Lt. Robert E. DeMille

Date28 May 2017 07:22:27
ContributorBdemille
ChangesChanges to media associations
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Bruce A. DeMille, son Lt. Robert E. DeMille

Date28 May 2017 06:54:52
ContributorBdemille
ChangesChanges to service number and place associations
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Bruce A. DeMille, son Lt. Robert E. DeMille

Date28 May 2017 06:51:42
ContributorBdemille
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Bruce A. DeMille, son Lt. Robert E. DeMille

Date21 May 2017 16:52:22
ContributorBdemille
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Bruce A. DeMille, son Robert E. DeMille

Date27 Sep 2014 18:07:42
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ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1579 / MACR 1579, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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