John Stephen Proffitt Jr

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media-28139.jpeg UPL 28139 1st Lt. John Stephen Proffitt, Jr., Pilot and Airplane Commander
B-17 G "Lucille" 43-38608
8th AF, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels," 359th Bomb Squadron John Stephen Proffitt Jr

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Object Number - UPL 28139 - 1st Lt. John Stephen Proffitt, Jr., Pilot and Airplane Commander B-17 G "Lucille" 43-38608 8th AF, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels," 359th Bomb...

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725

  • Date: 26 November 1944

722

  • Date: 23 November 1944

715

  • Date: 16 November 1944
The B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-50468) nicknamed "Sleeping Dynamite" of the 93rd Bomb Group flies over countryside with a formation of fellow Liberators. First handwritten caption on reverse: 'Photo ex a/c 617 11/11/44. Archer.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '1044/R.F. 93BG Libs on way to enemy target 11/11/44.'

712

  • Date: 11 November 1944
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-97968) of the 486th Bomb Group bombs the target during a mission. Printed caption on reverse: '54979 AC- BOMBING THROUGH CLOUD- Flying Fortresses of US 8th AF bombed German airfield at Wiesbaden, west of Franksurt, Nov 10th through broken cloud. Attack made in support of Gen Patton's 3rd Army advance was designed to ground German Aircraft. US Air Force Photo.'

709

  • Date: 10 November 1944

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Born

Richmond, Virginia 16 September 1923

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Mission Reports on the 303rd Bomb Group Website

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / daughter: Bonnie Proffitt Horton,

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