Norman D Gallagher

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

media-20795.jpeg UPL 20795 563rd Bomb Squadron crew in front of B-17 42-30193 "Hardluck".

Riley F Bissonette son.

Object Number - UPL 20795 - 563rd Bomb Squadron crew in front of B-17 42-30193 "Hardluck".

Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-17 #42-107076, Killed in Action (KIA).

AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH

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Units served with

388th Bomb Group

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

563rd Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-107076

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Knettishall airfield looking south, the bomb dump is bottom left, 13 March 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC226. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Events

Event	Location	Date
Died		9 April 1944
Born	Los Angeles, California, USA
Buried
Other Killed in Action (KIA)	Germany	9 April 1944

Revisions

Date1 Feb 2021 15:15:34

Contributorjmoore43

Changes

Sources

Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:20:39

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

ABMC; MACR 3656 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3656 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database