Arthur Christian
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to the 384th BG, 545th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #132 dated 8 July 1944, R Farra Crew. 20 combat missions.
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Robert Bruce Birckhead
Military
Assigned to the 384th BG 545th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #72 dated 16 April 1944, as crew pilot. 31 combat missions.
Low squadron. 43-38579 peeled off and left formation prior to target and was under control; damaged by flak, crashed near Munchen-Gladbach, Germany; MACR 9754.
Service
People
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Millie Hailey
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Co-Pilot | 384th Bomb Group
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Hilary Hedrick
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to the 384th BG 545th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #72 dated 16 April 1944, Birckhead Crew. ...
Units served with
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384th Bomb Group
Group
The 384th Bomb Group flew B-17s from Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire, between May 1943 and June 1945. They were engaged in daylight bombing missions over Germany as part of the Allies' efforts to destroy the effectiveness of the Luftwaffe by... -
545th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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43-38579
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 20/8/44; Lincoln 1/9/44; Grenier 11/9/44; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD-F] Grafton Underwood 13/9/44; Missing in Action Cologne 5/10/44 with Bob Birckhead, Hilary Hedrick, Frank Vaniglia, Clyde Batte (4 Killed in Action); Art Christian,...
Missions
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665
5 October 1944
Associated Place
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Grafton Underwood
Military site : airfield
Grafton Underwood was built in 1941 by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd. It was the first airfield in England to receive an Eighth Air Force flying unit, when in May 1942 personnel of the 15th Bomb Squadron took up residence. As a satellite airfield for...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Memphis, TN, USA | |
| Killed in action | Germany | 5 October 1944 |
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KIA Aircraft damaged by flak, crashed near Munchen-Gladbach, Germany. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 22 March 2017 15:44:04 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to events and person associations |
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from: |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 15 February 2015 21:27:32 | bombercommand | Changes to surname, middlename, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, person associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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384thbombgroup.com |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:22:59 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
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