862nd Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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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
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.
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Unit stations
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39255900
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Cook
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31271465
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radar Mechanic (IFF)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-723866
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-835671
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: American Lady
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Milk Run
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Hard Luck
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Betta Duck
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron 7th Bomb Squadron 862nd Bomb Squadron
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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)