Chambers Adams
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 398th Bomb Group
Flew 32 missions in 77 days
Distinguished Flying Cross (July 1944)
John P Ryan
Military
-
John P. Ryan Crew 398th Bomb Group - 602nd Bomb Squadron B-17G-45-BO #42-97252 - Served with both the 398th BG & 351st BG Standing Left to Right: John P. Ryan (P), Roy Test, Jr. (CP), Carl F. Foster (N), Daniel Adams (B) Kneeling Left to Right: Lloyd G. Stovall (R/O), John J. Cowley (FE), Joseph Horvath (G), Ray Keene (TG), Sam Devan (G) Photo taken in Rapid City, SD - April 1944
air medal
Service
People
-
-
John Cowley
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner | 398th Bomb Group
air medal -
Samuel Devan
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Waist Gunner | 398th Bomb Group
Good Conduct Ribbon, EAME Ribbon with two (2) Bronze Stars, American Defense Service Ribbon, Air Medal with three (3) Oak Leaf Clusters, Distinguished Flying Cross. -
Joseph Horvath
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Tail Gunner | 398th Bomb Group
air medal -
Raymond Keene
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Tail Gunner | 398th Bomb Group
Distinguished Flying Cross -
Lloyd Stovall
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Radio Operator-Mechanic-Gunner | 398th Bomb Group
32 missions AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC -
Lee Test
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 398th Bomb Group
Completed 32 missions in 77 days in 1944, including D-Day. Berlin the worst. No crew injuries in combat. Bomb. Dan Adams, Nav. Carl Foster and I are still alive at 2/16/04. ETO Ribbon with 2 bronze stars, Air Medal with 3/Oak Leaf Cluster, DFC
Units served with
-
398th Bomb Group
Group
The 398th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Nuthampstead, Hertfordshire on strategic bombing raids over Germany. The Group switched focus in the days before D-Day, when they targeted enemy positions on the Cherbourg peninsula. When the Allies... -
602nd Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 18:16:33 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
398th History, Vol 1 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
||
