Dale Johns
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Togglier | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 22
Military
Crew Number 22
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Togglier | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 22
Military | Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) | Tail Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA). B-17 #42-97093 'Doc's Flying Circus' or 'Girl of my Dreams' or 'I'll Get By'. Severe icing occurred during assembly for Kassel mission. Ship went into spin, Earl S. Lyles Jr. and Charles Spector bail out, Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) | Ball Turret Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 22
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 22
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Radio Operator | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 22
Military | Sergeant | 390th Bomb Group
Killed in action
Military | Navigator | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 22
Military | Flight Engineer | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 22
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 Denver 12/12/43; Kearney 5/1/44; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-A (was BI-W) Framlingham 5/2/44; Missing in Action Derben, Ger. 14/1/45 with Walt Wiegnad, Herb Bracht, Wallace Shipplett, Noble Parker (4 Killed in Action); Jim Blaire, Bill Bongard,...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 28/1/44; Kearney 14/2/44; Presque Is 20/2/44; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-S] Framlingham 3/3/44 DOC'S FLYING CIRCUS, then GIRL OF MY DREAMS; on mission 21/7/44 with ? , Lt Sam Dubin (Killed in Action); severe icing during assembly for...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 12/8/44; Hunter 23/8/44; Grenier 4/9/44; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-Z] Framlingham 8/9/44 BIG GAS BIRD; Missing in Action Derben 14/1/45 with Lou Niebergall, Norman Comstock, Lorenzo Herring, Bob Putt, Jack Palmer, Len Hokow (7...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Lincoln 10/11/44; Grenier 2/12/44; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 15/12/44; transferred 568BS/390BG [BI-K] Framlingham 1/1/45 MAIDEN PRAYER; Returned to the USA Bradley 30/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 2/7/45; Reconstruction...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Lincoln 16/12/44; Dow Fd 23/12/44; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-G] Framlingham 1/1/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 30/6/45; Sth Plains 3/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 24/11/45.
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Lincoln 9/11/44; Grenier 2/12/44; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-Z] 13/12/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 27/11/45; SWEET MARIE.
16 November 1944
21 November 1944
30 November 1944
12 December 1944
18 December 1944
24 December 1944
1. Decision.
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25 December 1944
29 December 1944
30 December 1944
6 January 1945
Military site : airfield
Built for the Eighth Air Force from 1942 to 43, Framlingham was home first to the 95th Bomb Group, before that unit moved to RAF Alconbury. From 1943 to 1945, it was operated by the 390th Bomb Group. The airfield was handed back to the RAF in 1945, and...
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | Centerville, IA | 27 July 1921 |
Buried | Belleville, IL | 10 October 1943 |
Valhalla Gardens of Memory and Mausoleum |
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390th BG Combat Tour | Framlingham Airfield, UK | 16 November 1944 – 11 April 1945 |
Died | O'Fallon, IL | 7 October 1973 |
Lived in | Lincoln, NE | |
1022 K Street |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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01 December 2020 03:29:24 | 466thHistorian | Changes to middlename, highest rank, role, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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http://5085.sydneyplus.com/final/portal.aspx?lang=en-US |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:20:49 | 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=Coffin%2C+Orman+M |