Irving Danzig

Military
media-6572.jpeg UPL 6572 A bomber crew of the 447th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress at Rattlesden, February 1944.

Standing L-R:
Lt Irving Danzig
Lt Ellis B. Colvin
Lt Clarence Aaberg
Lt Thomas F. Moriarty
S/Sgt Richard Pitt
Kneeling L-R:
Sgt W.F. Powell
Sgt C. Lamb
Sgt F. DuHadway
Sgt G.S. Foster
S/Sgt W.D. Ernest

Timothy Motz, from Pictorial History of the 447th Bombardment Group (H) https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/41056; identifications from 447bg.com

Object Number - UPL 6572 - A bomber crew of the 447th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress at Rattlesden, February 1944. Standing L-R: Lt Irving Danzig Lt Ellis B....

Bailed out before B-17G #42-37855 'Mr Terrific' crashed N of Tonbridge, Kent upon returning from the target of Regensburg, GR on 25 Feb 1944. RTD.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.

447th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-37855

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mr Terrific
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group

Places

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added an Association to “Rattlesden” the home base of the 447th BG.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History Roster as of 01 August 1945, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces

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Object number: UPL 6572 - A bomber crew of the 447th Bomb Group with their B...