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Units served with

384th Bomb Group

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

545th Bomb Squadron

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

People

Leon F Ausmus

• Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
• Nationality: American
• Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
• Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

James R Billingsley

• Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
• Nationality: American
• Unit: 384th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 812th Bomb Squadron
• Service Numbers: 36068397
• Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
• Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Frank H Bowen

• Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
• Nationality: American
• Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
• Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

Eldore Leo Daudelin

• Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
• Nationality: American
• Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
• Service Numbers: 11068163
• Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
• Role/Job: waist gunner

Harvey Charles Esty

• Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
• Nationality: American
• Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
• Service Numbers: O-672340
• Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
• Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

42-29985

• Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
• Nicknames: Kathleen | Barrel House Bessie
• Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

42-30142

• Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
• Nicknames: Pistol Packin Mama
• Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron

42-30196

• Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
• Nicknames: Sad Sack
• Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

42-3074

• Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
• Nicknames: Good Time Cholly : Kathleen : Loma Lee
• Unit: 306th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron 545th Bomb Squadron 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron

42-3490

• Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
• Unit: 385th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron 812th Bomb Squadron

Missions

8th Air Force 233 BIG WEEK - DAY 5

• Date: 24 February 1944

8th Air Force 200

• Date: 30 January 1944

VIII Bomber Command 169

• Date: 30 December 1943

VIII Bomber Command 161

• Date: 22 December 1943

VIII Bomber Command 100

• Date: 23 September 1943

Places

Grafton Underwood

• Site type: Airfield
• Known as: Grafton Undermud