Raymond Charles Byrnes Sr
Military
Transferred biographical information added to caption to Byrnes' people page
Object Number - UPL 38096 - Raymond Charles Byrnes, Sr of the 447th Bomb Group.
Primary role: Waist Gunner & Back-Up role: Navigator (Ray, a student at Clarkson College in Civil Engineering, was certified as a Navigator in 1943 having graduated as an Army Air Force Cadet).
* 8th Air Force *3rd Bombardment Division *4th Combat Bombardment Wing *447th Bombardment Group (Heavy) *Motto: "Fiat Justita Ruat Coelum" *Aircraft ID Code: Square-K (aka, Box K) *711th Bombardment Squadron *Squad Call Sign: 'Curlhair' *B-17-F & G "You've Had It". Base: RAF Rattlesden
Completed 32 missions B-17 'You've Had It'
Ray's service medals in the early months of combat included: Air Medal w/3 Oak Clusters; European Theater w/2 Bronze Stars / Distinguished Flying Cross
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: You've Had It
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron Headquarters (4th Combat Bomb Wing)
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Fulton, New York | 1 December 1919 | Ray was the 1st born son of Raymond Cameron Byrnes & Elsie Scott Byrnes. Ray's younger brother, Robert, served in the Marines in the Pacific theater. |
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Enlisted |
Buffalo, NY | 1 January 1943 |
Revisions
Transferred information added by son Wmbyrnes to photo caption and corrected mis-spelling of "Rattlesden"
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History Roster, Enlisted Men, as of 01 August 1945
