Patrick Fenlon
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 486th Bomb Group
35 missions from 6 November 1944 to 8 April 1945.
Air Medal w/ 5 Oak Leaf Cluster
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Richard Carroll Sparkman
Military
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Richard Carroll Sparkman, T/Sgt, 486th Bomb Group (H), 835th Squadron.
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B-17 43-37952, "Norah".
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Riebau's Crew. Standing (L to R): Pat Fenlon (CP), Robert Roe (N), Leopold Mellerowicz (B). Front (L to R): Richard Sparkman (FE), Robin Knight (RO), Richard Holder (WG), Jacobs (WG), L. Motika (BG), Norman Schroeder (TG). Not pictured: Dick Riebau
1922-2015
Service
People
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Richard Holder
Military | 486th Bomb Group
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Warren Jacobs
Military | 486th Bomb Group
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Robin Knight
Military | 486th Bomb Group
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Leopold Mellerowicz
Military | 486th Bomb Group
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Richard Riebau
Military | Pilot | 486th Bomb Group
Member of Riebau crew -
Robert Roe
Military | 486th Bomb Group
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Norman Schroeder
Military | 486th Bomb Group
Units served with
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486th Bomb Group
Group
The 486th Bomb Group flew both B-24s and B-17s, swapping from the former aircraft to the latter in late July 1944 after 49 missions. In total the Group flew 292 missions during the war and remarkably the 834th Bomb Squadron lost no aircraft or... -
835th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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43-37952 Norah, Norah's Flak Magnet
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 8/6/44; Kearney 20/6/44; Grenier 30/6/44; Assigned 833BS/486BG [4N-H] Sudbury 2/7/44; transferred 832BS [3R-V], then 835BS [H8-F]; 99m Returned to the USA Bradley 7/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 9/7/45; Reconstruction...
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 14 December 2015 01:06:48 | esparkman | Changes to biography and media associations |
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Info from Emily Sparkman, granddaughter of the airman. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 14 December 2015 00:49:56 | esparkman | Changes to middlename, nickname, highest rank, role, biography, person associations and aircraft associations |
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Information from Emily Sparkman, granddaughter of the airman. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:22:23 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.486th.org roster |
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