Ivan L Briggs

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 12 September 1944 in B-17 43-38308. Killed in Action.

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 493rd Bomb Group.

493rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-38308

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 860th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in Action

Germany 12 September 1944

Born

Sharon Center, OH, USA

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Helton s Hellcats, A Pictorial History of the 493rd BG, pub 1998; MACR 8868, http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php / MACR 8868 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database