Remo Budassi
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. John Kelly crew.
Awards: PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
John Thomas Kelly
Military
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1st Lt John 'Jack' Thomas Kelly, 547BS, 384BG.
Assigned to the 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. 33 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Service
People
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Garnet Chouinard
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. John Kelly crew. 33 x combat mission. Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME. -
James Cruise
Military | Staff Sergeant | Flight engineer / Top turret | 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. John Kelly crew. 32 x combat missions. ETD Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME. -
Edward Dotherow
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 384th Bomb Group
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Alfred Madera
Military | Sergeant | 384th Bomb Group
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Verle Roth
Military | Second Lieutenant | 384th Bomb Group
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John Trypuc
Military | Staff Sergeant | 384th Bomb Group
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Robert Welsbacher
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to the 384th BG, 547th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #37 dated 24 February 1944, John T, Kelly Crew. 29 missions DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster -
Forrest Wray
Military | Sergeant | 384th Bomb Group
Units served with
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8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945. ... -
384th Bomb Group
Group
The 384th Bomb Group flew B-17s from Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire, between May 1943 and June 1945. They were engaged in daylight bombing missions over Germany as part of the Allies' efforts to destroy the effectiveness of the Luftwaffe by... -
547th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-38013 "NEVADA AVENGER"
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; New Castle 10/12/43; Presque Is 15/12/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-C] Grafton Underwood 21/1/44; sal battle damaged 27/4/44. NEVADA AVENGER. ... -
42-38208 Lilly Belle
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 16/1/44; Gr Island 6/2/44; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-X] Rougham 10/2/44 as GEORGIA’S PEACHES; transferred 547BS/384BG [SO-A] Grafton Underwood 1/3/44; transferred 398BG Nuthampsted 27/5/45; 58m but none with 398BG, to RAF Valley for... -
42-97201
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 6/2/44; Kearney 27/2/44; Grenier 20/3/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-J] Grafton Underwood 31/3/44; t/o training mission 22/7/44 with Fred Griggs, Co-pilot: Frank Gyory, Navigator: Gordon Hermanford, InsP-Chas Hale, Flight engineer/top... -
42-97237 'ROYAL FLUSH III'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 10/2/44; Kearney 24/2/44; Grenier 8/3/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-G] Grafton Underwood 24/3/44; Missing in Action Freidrichshafen 19/7/44 with Dick Mount, Co-pilot: Bob Stuempfle, Navigator: Bob Rouse, tog-Vernon Rients, Flight... -
42-97367
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 23/2/44; Kearney 12/3/44; Dow Fd 4/4/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-T] Grafton Underwood 11/4/44; was a spade to attack Munich16/7/44 with Edmund Mulvehill, Co-pilot: John McNamara, Navigator: Chas Shoolbread, tog-Gerhardt Radde,... -
42-97449
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 18/11/43; Kearney 1/12/43; Presque Is 15/12/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-B] Grafton Underwood 21/1/44; Missing in Action Augsburg 19/7/44 with Jim Bodker, Co-pilot: George Brandon*, Navigator: Albt Steindam, tog-Carlyle Telford, Flight... -
42-97960
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 16/4/44; Cheyenne 1/5/44; with ? force landed Mt 4/5/44; Hunter 14/5/44; Dow Fd 26/5/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-M] Grafton Underwood 3/6/44; Missing in Action Berlin 3/2/45 with Chas Molder, Hobart Treadway, Ernie Knowlton, Ralph...
Associated Place
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Grafton Underwood
Military site : airfield
Grafton Underwood was built in 1941 by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd. It was the first airfield in England to receive an Eighth Air Force flying unit, when in May 1942 personnel of the 15th Bomb Squadron took up residence. As a satellite airfield for...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Based | Grafton Underwood | February 1944 – June 1944 |
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Assigned to the 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 19 August 2020 17:29:21 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations and aircraft associations |
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https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=8307 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 14 February 2015 02:37:45 | bombercommand | Changes to service number, highest rank, role, biography, person associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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384thbombgroup.com |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:16:42 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=k... |
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