8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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B-17G 43-38014 of the 305th BG, 422nd Sqd. was hit over Merseburg, Germany by flak. Radio operator reported smoke coming into the cabin but the source was not found. After safely landing and debriefing, ground crew called the aircrew over to show them flak damage above. Shrapnel had hit the wing and was smoldering near the wing fuel tanks, fortunately the fuel did not catch fire or explode. Photo taken by 2nd Lt. Don Muckerman, Navigator on this aircraft. Mission 623
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305th Bomb Group Can Do
Group
The 305th Bombardment Group (Heavy), nicknamed "Can Do" was activated 1-March-1942 at Salt Lake City Air Base, Utah which was their primary training base until 11-Jun-1942 when they relocated to Geiger Field, Washington until 29-Jun-1942, then on to... -
422nd Bomb Squadron
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Donald Muckerman
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator
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43-38014 "Naughty Virgin"
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 15/6/44; Kearney 29/6/44; Grenier 9/7/44; Assigned 422BS/305BG Chelveston 12/7/44; battle damaged Berlin 18/3/45 with Roy McCaldin, Navigator: Lyman Clark, togg-Bill King, Radio Operator: John Powers, Ball turret gunner: Union Melton...
Missions
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623
11 September 1944
Major Harmon flew Command Pilot. Did not hit the target because Mickey wasn't working. Brought our bombs back. Got to shoot at some fighters.
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| 16 April 2019 01:15:07 | terveurn | Changes to caption and aircraft associations |
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from group records |
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| 05 January 2019 04:03:49 | richmu88 | Changes to caption and mission associations |
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Donald Muckerman's personal records |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 05 January 2019 03:44:12 | richmu88 | Created entry with collection, caption, unit associations, person associations and place associations |
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Donald Muckerman's personal photos. |
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