Francis Anthony
Military | Technical Sergeant | Engineer/Top Turret Gunner | 401st Bomb Group
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8th Air Force 439
24 June 1944
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8th Air Force mission 439; Wesermunde, Germany; June 24, 1944. 447th Bomb Group strike photo
Official description
Not yet known
Description
Not yet known
Mission details
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Description
FIGHTER ESCORT
Aircraft type
Not yet known
Notes
Specific units not correlated in source data.
Mission Statistics
| Tonnage dropped | NA |
Service
People
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Charles Atcher
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 401st Bomb Group
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John Quigley
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 401st Bomb Group
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Alvin Yantzie
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 401st Bomb Group
completed 29 missions -
Donald Zirbel
Military | Technical Sergeant | Engineer/Top Turret Gunner | 401st Bomb Group
Aircraft
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43-37628 Heavenly Body
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 5/5/44; Hunter 18/5/44; Dow Fd 30/5/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-O] Deenethorpe 10/6/44; 612BS [SC-A]; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for...
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 27 September 2014 18:43:12 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Lee Cunningham, 8th Air Force missions research database / Stan Bishop's 'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces', the Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces and the work of Roger Freeman including the 'Mighty Eighth War Diary'. |
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