James Pinson
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 452nd Bomb Group
Flew on B-17 'Dog Breath'as pilot
Roland Clark
Military
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5 April 1944: Ball turret gunner SSGT Roland Clark of the 452nd Bomb Group touches up the nose art of "Dog Breath" (B-17G 42-31330) following battle damage repairs. While still in training in Pyote, Texas, the crew spent time at a local bar. Pilot Herman “Butch” Beuchat would often have trouble getting his copilot Everett Phillips out of bed the next morning. Once Beuchat tried to wake Phillips, and Phillips blew in his face. Beuchat replied "Man, you have dog breath” - and the nose art was born.
Flew on B-17 'Dog Breath' part of Pinson's Crew
Service
People
Units served with
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452nd Bomb Group
Group
The 452nd Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Deopham Green, Norfolk, from January 1944. The air crews hit strategic sites in Germany but also supported the movement of ground forces across Europe after D-Day. On 6 June 1944 itself, the Group... -
731st Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-31330 Dog Breath
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 22/10/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; Assigned 728BS/452BG [9Z-O] Deopham Green 3/1/44; return from mission 26/3/44 with Herman Beuchat, Co-pilot: Everett Phillips, Navigator: Capt Art Miller, Bombardier: Bob Davis, Bombardier: Lt Jack...
Associated Place
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Deopham Green
Military site : airfield
Deopham Green was another air base constructed after America's entry into the war to Class A standards for use by the B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber. When the 452nd Bomb Group arrived in January 1943 they found a main runway of 2,000 yards, two...
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| 30 April 2019 17:40:04 | Al_Skiff | Changes to person associations, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and media associations |
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| 27 September 2014 18:24:24 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Remembering Gordon |
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