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Richard B Musgrave

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) on 12/12/44 mission to Merseburg shot down Hale was pilot, B-17 was 'Queenie'

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The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

A B-17 Flying Fortress (BK-H, serial number 42-37781) nicknamed "Silver Dollar" of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group goes down after losing its tail. Image via Havelaar. Printed caption on reverse: 'Silver Dollar, a Flying Fortress operating from Grafton Underwood, has its complete tail severed during one of the first 8th Air Force raids on Berlin.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Berlin missile, BK-H, Fort goes down.'

546th Bomb Squadron

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

Aircraft

42-102933

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Gremlins Hotel : Queenie
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Cleveland, Ohio	12 October 1923
Died		20 June 2012
Buried	Cleveland, Ohio

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Date27 Sep 2014 18:22:25

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Sources

384th BG website, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia