Richard Autry
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Ball Turret Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 51
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Military
Crew Number 51
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Ball Turret Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 51
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Tail Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 51
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Flight Engineer | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 51
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 390th Bomb Group
Served in the Air Force for 30 years. Served as a navigator during the war. Retired from the USAF with the rank of Colonel
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Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 51
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Radio Operator / Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 51
Group
The 390th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Framlingham, Suffolk, between July 1943 and the end of the war in Europe. The Group was engaged in strategic missions until the invasion of Europe when its role became more of a tactical one. This...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Dallas 15/5/43; Gore 20/5/43; Love 16/6/43; Roswell 2/6/43; Dallas 17/7/43; Love 28/7/43; Roswell 29/7/43; 3030 BU Roswell 2/6/44; 3010 BU Williams 9/12/44; 3020 BU La Junta 20/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Note : The B-17G, 42-31892, was one of several B-17Gs in the 8th Air Force named, I'll Be Around, after the popular song in 1944, "I'll Be Around". WWII air crews often chose to name their airplanes with names already in use. ...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 5/5/43; Dow Fd 13/7/43; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-K] Framlingham 14/7/43.
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Date | Contributor | Update |
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27 September 2014 18:18:41 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.390thspace.com/missions.php?name=Holmberg%2C+Leroy+J |