Joseph Lependorf

Military
The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group. media-395076.jpg FRE 5133 The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 5133 - The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

Assigned from the 401st Bomb Group to the 384th Bomb Group, 544th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #59 dated 17 March 1945. 10 combat missions.

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The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane parked on grass. Six men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are on the ground.

42-98027

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Swamp Angel
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron

43-38062

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pleasure Bent
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

43-38588

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Eileen's Kindergarten
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

43-39019

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 401st Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
Bottom view of silver military airplane in flight. The letters JD and C are painted on the side. There is a triangle painted on the tail and a circle with a star in the middle is painted on the side and wing.

44-8408

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 351st Bomb Squadron 100th Bomb Group 303rd Bomb Group

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http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=2298

Consolidated record for Joseph Lependorf from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=609

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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=…

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The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

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