Reece Darwin Donley

Military

Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x combat missions. Edward Komurka, Edmund Baraclough, Horace Beyette crews. ETD





Awards: DFC, 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

Edmund Lee Barraclough

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39679645 / O-54429
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Horace Hall Beyette

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19056985 / O-742940
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Edward Jacob Komurka

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16058553 / O-737970
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

A crsashed B-17F Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3273) of the 95th Bomb Group. Official caption on image: "1746. MRU. 12-23-43. Repps, Norfolk Co. B-17F, 42-3273. A." Handwritten caption on reverse: '22/12/43 A.' On reverse: Damaged USAAF Photographic Station 505 [Stamp].

42-3273

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Impatient Virgin
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Camp Point, IL 12 April 1923 Son of Elmo Glen and Hannah Donley.

Enlisted

Chicago, IL 5 September 1942 Chicago, Illinois

Died

Hemet, CA 31 July 2013

Buried

Tahoma National Cemetery Kent, King County, WA Tahoma National Cemetery Kent, King County, Washington

Based

Horham Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Discharged USAAF

Honourable discharge.

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/record/716782426/donley-reece-darwin-us-veterans-…
https://95thbg.mmsw.eu/person/1716
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118954220/reece-darwin-donley

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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