John J Rickey
MilitaryShot down. Entered service at Camp Upton, NY September 1942. Joined 392nd BG 14 October 1943. Rank at end of WW II was S/Sergeant. Pilot-Capt Young. Flew 31 missions on the 'G. I. Jane'.
DFC/ AM w/ 5 Oak Leaf Cluster
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Pallas Athene
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self & age 388 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45)