Donnan Russell Smeallie

Military

Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. He flew on W. G. Rozzell's crew aboard B-17 'Rosie's Sweat Box'. Completed 33 missions from 30-May-44 to 09-Aug-44.

 

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

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-97872

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Rosie's Sweat Box
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Seattle, Washington 25 November 1919 Born Seattle, Washington

Lived in

Crookston, Minnesota 15 June 1944 Crookston, Minnesota

Died

Long Beach, California 12 January 1997 Died Long Beach, California

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/image/618063773

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/genealogy/records/donnan-russell-smeallie-24…

https://legacy.catalog.archives.gov/id/143844638

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Added a connection to A/C #42-97872 “Rosie's Sweat Box” listed in the "Summary biography".

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401st BG Roster,

href="http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2679">http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2679>, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2679 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia