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Samuel Devan

Military

  • John P. Ryan Crew 398th Bomb Group - 602nd Bomb Squadron B-17G-45-BO #42-97252 - Served with both the 398th BG & 351st BG Standing Left to Right: John P. Ryan (P), Roy Test, Jr. (CP), Carl F. Foster (N), Daniel Adams (B) Kneeling Left to Right: Lloyd G. Stovall (R/O), John J. Cowley (FE), Joseph Horvath (G), Ray Keene (TG), Sam Devan (G) Photo taken in Rapid City, SD - April 1944

    John P. Ryan Crew 398th Bomb Group - 602nd Bomb Squadron B-17G-45-BO #42-97252 - Served with both the 398th BG & 351st BG Standing Left to Right: John P. Ryan (P), Roy Test, Jr. (CP), Carl F. Foster (N), Daniel Adams (B) Kneeling Left to Right: Lloyd G. Stovall (R/O), John J. Cowley (FE), Joseph Horvath (G), Ray Keene (TG), Sam Devan (G) Photo taken in Rapid City, SD - April 1944

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Good Conduct Ribbon, EAME Ribbon with two (2) Bronze Stars, American Defense Service Ribbon, Air Medal with three (3) Oak Leaf Clusters, Distinguished Flying Cross.

Service

People

  • John Ryan

    Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 398th Bomb Group
    air medal

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Units served with

  • 398th Bomb Group

    398th Bomb Group

    Group
    The 398th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Nuthampstead, Hertfordshire on strategic bombing raids over Germany. The Group switched focus in the days before D-Day, when they targeted enemy positions on the Cherbourg peninsula. When the Allies...

  • 602nd Bomb Squadron

    602nd Bomb Squadron

    Squadron

Aircraft

  • 42-97252 Devil's Mistress

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Cheyenne 11/2/44; Rapid City 5/3/44; Dow Fd 28/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 6/5/44; no ops, transferred 510BS/351BG [TU-K] Polebrook 24/5/44; 103m Returned to the USA Bradley 11/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45;...

Associated Place

  • Nuthampstead

    Military site : airfield
    Built during 1942-43, Nuthampstead was the nearest Eighth Air Force heavy bomber base to London. It had three concrete runways, 50 loop hardstandings and two dispersed T2 hangars. It was first occupied from September 1943 to April 1944 by the 55th...

Events

Event Location Date
Born Pennsylvania, USA 19 June 1919
Lived in Nesquehoning, PA, USA 19 June 1919 – 1 March 1956
Enlisted Fort Meade, MD, USA 13 October 1941
Died 1 March 1956
Nationality
American
Nickname
Not yet known
Service numbers
33101898
Highest rank
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade)
Role/job
Waist Gunner
Awards
  • Air Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters
  • American Defense Medal
  • Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Good Conduct Medal
  • European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 2 bronze stars

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
14 April 2017 06:28:39 devz@verizon.net Changes to awards
Sources

Source is Sam Devan's military discharge paperwork.
Date Contributor Update
14 April 2017 06:00:29 devz@verizon.net Changes to biography and events
Sources

I am Samuel Devan's Grandson and the information I added regarding his medals and awards comes directly from his Military Discharge paperwork.
Date Contributor Update
07 August 2016 01:13:53 466thHistorian Changes to service number, highest rank, events, person associations, place associations and aircraft associations
Sources

http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=3479127
http://death-records.mooseroots.com/l/109919545/Samuel-Devan
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:24:56 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

398th History, Vol 1 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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