Sabatine J Branco
Military
Object Number - UPL 41108 - Sabatine. J. Branco, 487thBG, 839thBS, 44-8694 "Dinah-Might'
Flew 34 combat missions from 1/8/45 to 4/21/45. Most of them in a B-17G 'Dinah-Mite' #44-8694.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Dinah Mite
Missions
- Date: 21 April 1945
- Date: 20 April 1945
![Ground crew of the 25th Bomb Group spray foam onto the crashed Mosquito (serial number NS748) at Watton, 19 April 1945. Official caption printed on image: '(G-AD-[illegible])(19-4-45)(MOS.748CRASH)(REST.)'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-378760.jpg.webp?itok=TJkJfBbS)
- Date: 19 April 1945
- Date: 16 April 1945
- Date: 15 April 1945
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield
Events
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Born |
Camden, New Jersey | 6 April 1905 | |
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Revisions
ContributorRichard Branco
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S. J. Branco photos
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S. J. Branco photos
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missions
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awards
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My father's info
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History / http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/DeSelmsCrew.shtml , http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/DinahMite.shtml
