Marvin Scott Athey

Military
media-29675.jpeg UPL 29675 Photo of B17 Flight Crew taken November 28, 1944 in Ardmore, Oklahoma. (Photo courtesy of Dave Serbin)

Pilot Donovan G. Helgeson was my Great-uncle.

Object Number - UPL 29675 - Photo of B17 Flight Crew taken November 28, 1944 in Ardmore, Oklahoma. (Photo courtesy of Dave Serbin)

Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 9 x combat missions. Donald Helgeson and Cleburn Brown.





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

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

People

Cleburn H Brown

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Donovan Garrett Helgeson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17030966 / O-568565
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret/Engineer / Pilot

Aircraft

Section 8

44-8640

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Section 8
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chase, NE 3 July 1921 Son of Harvey Everett and Mina Aletha [Theobald] Athey.

Enlisted

Lincoln, NE 11 September 1942 Lincoln, Nebraska

Died

Imperial, NE 6 January 2004

Buried

Mount Hope Cemetery Imperial, Chase County, NE 9 January 2004 Mount Hope Cemetery Imperial, Chase County, Nebraska

Based

Horham Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php

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