Millie Zo Hailey Jr
Military
Object Number - UPL 25779 - 545th Bombardment Squadron Patch
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-810804
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-703993
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mairsy Doats
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
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Other Assigned |
Grafton Underwood NN14, UK | 16 April 1944 | Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 545th Bombardment Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #72 dated 16 April 1944, Robert Bruce Birckhead Crew. 31 combat missions. |
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Other Accident |
Grafton Underwood NN14, UK | 25 April 1944 | Comments:Hailey was the Co-Pilot on 42-31484 ordered to fly to Boxted Airfield to pick up the C G Smith Crew, which had landed there after a combat mission. Arriving in the Boxted area, the pilot found that left landing gear would not extend. He returned to base, and flew locally until his fuel was reduced, then landed on the right main wheel and tail wheel. The aircraft was damaged, but no crew were injured. Accident Report Number 44-04-25-517 |
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Sources
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=1510;
- AAIR 44-04-25-517;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia