Bernard Michael Dopko

Military
media-18112.jpeg UPL 18112 F/O Bernard M. Dopko
Pilot
388th BG - 563rd BS
B-17F-75-DL #42-3548 "Little Willie"

388bg.info

Object Number - UPL 18112 - F/O Bernard M. Dopko Pilot 388th BG - 563rd BS B-17F-75-DL #42-3548 "Little Willie"

The crew baled out of B-17G #42-37839 'Little Willie' after flak set the plane on fire on a mission to Berlin on 9 Mar 1944. The a/c crashed NE of Oranienburg, GR. Prisoner of War (POW). Retired from the USAF as a Captain.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-739540
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33315756
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Willie
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Willie
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Lace

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Old Forge, Pennsylvania 11 May 1920

Other

Shot Down/Captured

Prötzeweg, 16559 Liebenwalde, Germany 9 March 1944

Died

Riverside, CA, USA 23 September 1991

Buried

Riverside, CA, USA 26 September 1991 Riverside National Cemetery Riverside Riverside County California, USA Plot: 42, 0, 2701

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany Stalag Luft I

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
MACR 3088 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

388bg.info

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html

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