Peter Musulin

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

KNO at Knettishall on approach in B17#42-30205 'Battlin' Betsey'

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Units served with

388th Bomb Group

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

563rd Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-30205

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Battlin Betsy
Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Knettishall airfield looking south, the bomb dump is bottom left, 13 March 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC226. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Died		13 October 1943
Born	Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Buried	Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Based			Wings Aloft 43E Lubbock Army Air Field Primary-Victory Field Basic-Perrin Field

Revisions

Date19 Aug 2016 06:07:34

ContributorJoCarter

Changes

Sources

43E Lubbock Army Yearbook

Date27 Sep 2014 18:21:23

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Combat Chronology Supplement, p. 370, relative 2011, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 329, relative / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia