Palmer R Sather | American Air Museum

Palmer R Sather

Military

Member of Sather crew

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

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

The insignia of the 493rd Bomb Group.

493rd Bomb Group

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

The insignia of the 833rd Bomb Squadron, 486th Bomb Group.

833rd Bomb Squadron

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

863rd Bomb Squadron

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

People

Arthur H Hokanson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 486th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron 863rd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 19171389
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Aerial Gunner

William P Kuchta

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 486th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron 863rd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 33414386
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator

Ralph Ardell Lerch

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
Role/Job: Navigator

Bert W Milling

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
Role/Job: Pilot

Harley L Sandner

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner

Places

B-24 Liberators of the 493rd Bomb Group line up for take off. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Debach.'

Debach

Site type: Airfield

Aerial photograph of Sudbury airfield looking south west, the bomb dump is to the upper right of the airfield, 29 February 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC188. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Sudbury

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Acton

Revisions

Date13 Dec 2017 09:04:36

ContributorDarren Jelley

Changes

Sources

493rd BG Museum Archives
www.493bgdebach.co.uk

Date27 Sep 2014 18:21:00

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.486th.org roster