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4th/7th BS pic.with with 18th BS crew.B-17G 34th BG Elite over 60missions and while lasting the B-17 tenure after swaping from the B-24 Liberator Sept.1944- May1945 ..The 34th BG started there first training in 1942 with B-17E models and for War Deployment to a Liberator B-24 training in Blyth,CA ..34th was a training Bombardment Group of nearly all the 8th USAAF and some point. (CC) Dax Jordan (CC) . The Radio Operator and Gunner (and mechanic) on the Missbehaven Raven was Staff Sergeant Paul Frank Ferrara (in picture he is third from the left in the back row). He was in the 34th Bombardment Group, 7th Bomb Squadron. He was decorated with the American Theater Ribbon, European-African-Middle East Ribbon, two Bronze Battle Stars, Air Medal, WWII Victory Medal.

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The insignia of the 34th Bomb Group

34th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 7th Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group.

7th Bomb Squadron

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

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 34th Bomb Group inside a hangar. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'B-17 Yellow Hangar.'

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  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Missbehavin Raven
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron

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Paul was my Grandfather and although he didn't like to talk about his time in the Army Air Corp, he did tell us he was on the Missbehaven Raven.

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Paul was my Grandfather and although he didn't like to talk about his time in the Army Air Corp, he did tell us he was on the Missbehaven Raven.

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Paul was my Grandfather and although he didn't like to talk about his time in the Army Air Corp, he did tell us he was on the Missbehaven Raven.

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