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Wesley W Jahnke

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A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8309) nicknamed "Ol' Buddy" of the 18th Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group at Mendelsham. Pete Gray was the aircraft's crew chief. Handwritten caption on reverse: '18th B.S. 34th BG. Pete Gray C/C.'

18th Bomb Squadron

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

The insignia of the 34th Bomb Group

34th Bomb Group

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

People

Charles A Kinzie

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
Nationality: American
Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron

Gabriel Pettinato

Gabriel Eugene Pettinato

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 12177610 / O-929171
Highest Rank: Captain
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

43-39183

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Missions

8th Air Force 962

Date: 20 April 1945

A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 100th Bomb Group in flight.

8th Air Force 247

Date: 4 March 1944

Places

B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 34th Bomb Group at Mendelsham. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Mendelsham Red Sqdn, 18 BS 5/45.'

Mendlesham

Site type: Airfield
Known as: RAF Mendlesham

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Date14 Jan 2016 18:48:38

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Grandson

Date13 Jan 2016 17:15:22

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Grandson

Date27 Sep 2014 18:27:17

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1996 34th BG Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia