862nd Bomb Squadron

Squadron
media-16170.jpeg UPL 16170 Top Row: Lt. Seymour Deutsch-Navigator
Frank McCann-Bombardier
Front Row: Robert M. Neal Co-Pilot
Arlyss (Duane) Wineinger Pilot

493rd Bomber Group/862nd Bomb Squad
Army Air Corps 8th Air Force (The Mighty Eighth)
Robin Deutsch Collection

Confirmed Frank McCann-Bombardier in the photo next to my father Seymour Deutsch.

Object Number - UPL 16170 - Top Row: Lt. Seymour Deutsch-Navigator Frank McCann-Bombardier Front Row: Robert M. Neal Co-Pilot Arlyss...

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Unit stations

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 42000479
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-817624
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37428788
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36193643
  • Highest Rank: Private First Class
  • Role/Job: Truck Driver, Light
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38562460
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Radar Mechanic, Navigation

Aircraft

A 452nd Bomb Group B-17G Flying Fortress ('M', serial number 42-32087) was damaged on the 6th of August 1944 and landed at Resmo in Sweden. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17G-35-BD. 42-32087. 452 B.G. Downed at Resmo, 6 August 1944, Sweden.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Old Glory/Aint Misbehavin
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron 862nd Bomb Squadron
Additional information Correct serial number and identity of the aircraft was only confirmed from the personal diary of T/Sgt Alan Cohen who commented  "We flew our own ship again today, no 281. It is named “Choo Choo Baby” on one side and “Missouri Mule” on the other. "  information was passed on to B-24 Best Web to update their records.
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Shoo Shoo Baby, Th Missouri Mule
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date29 May 2015 06:52:30
ContributorRobin
ChangesChanges to media associations
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Robin Deutsch

Date19 Mar 2015 10:54:35
Contributorrossingtonj
ChangesChanges to type
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Type added

Date27 Sep 2014 18:42:51
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)

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