George W Ivey

Military

He flew on W. G. Rozzell's crew. Flew on B-17 'Rosie's Sweat Box'. Completed 33 missions from 30 May 1944 to 09 August 1944.

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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

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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=2681">http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2681>, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2681 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia