Placido B Andrade
Military
Andrade Family collection.
Object Number - UPL 36501 - Placido B. Andrade, top turret gunner assigned to 42-39972, "Our Buddy" of the 730th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group awarded the Air Medal after 5th...
Placido was one of 5 sons of Placido and Diluvina Andrade, a 5-Blue Star Family from Los Angeles, CA. Placido and his brothers, Albert-USA, Leonard-USA, Alfred-USA, and Danny-USN, all served during World War II. Placido was an original crew member of 'Our Buddy' a B-17 of the 452nd Bomb Group and flew 30 aerial combat missions during the first half of 1944, including 2 missions on D-Day.
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- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Kickapoo Joy Juice
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mary's Sister
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: NOW GO!, Blue Bomb Express
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia