Junior Craft

Military

Assigned to 18BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. Brain crew. 37 x combat missions. Bailed out of B-24 41-29572 Scotty 7-Jun-44 after Ju88 intruder damaged aircraft. RTD MACR 6725



Awards: SS, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8309) nicknamed "Ol' Buddy" of the 18th Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group at Mendelsham. Pete Gray was the aircraft's crew chief. Handwritten caption on reverse: '18th B.S. 34th BG. Pete Gray C/C.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 34th Bomb Group
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16060015 / O-808941
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Scotty
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Skotty
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Neelys Landing, MO 29 July 1922 Son of Hiram Albert Sr and Julia Idora [Brown] Craft.

Enlisted

Jefferson Barracks, MO 2 October 1942 Jefferson Barracks, MIssouri

Other

Discharged USAAF

16 February 1946 Honourable discharge.

Died

Cape Girardeau, MO 21 August 2005

Buried

New Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, MO 25 August 2005 New Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

Based

Mendlesham Assigned to 18BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34079709/junior-craft
Removed # from A/C serial No. to aid clarity and consistency

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorAAM
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Combat Sup / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia