Robert Bessette

Military

Assigned to 412BS, 85BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x combat missions. Edward Komurka and Edmund Barraclough crews. ETD





Awards: 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

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

42-30322

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Liberty Belle | Patches
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

42-30634

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

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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