Vincent Victor Orman

Military

Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x combat missions. Flew with Edward Komurka, Edmund Barraclough, Horace Beyette crews. ETD





Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), 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

Horace Hall Beyette

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19056985 / O-742940
  • 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

42-30634

  • 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

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lima, NY 30 June 1921 Son of Victor and Frances Orman. Brother to Virginia, Dora and Evelyn.

Enlisted

Rochester, NY 23 July 1942 Rochester, New York

Died

Buffalo, NY 10 January 1976

Buried

Sandy Creek Cemetery Murray, Orleans County, NY 13 January 1976 Sandy Creek Cemetery Murray, Orleans County, New York

Based

Horham Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Discharged USAAF

Honourable discharge.

Other

Hospitalised

Hospitalised - Tonsillitis. RTD Feb-43

Other

Hospitalised

Hospitalised - Rheumatic fever - Medically discharged.

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/87092859
https://www.fold3.com/image/673023257
https://www.fold3.com/record/8638779/vincent-orman-social-security-deat…
https://www.fold3.com/record/618669512/vincent-orman-veterans-affairs-b…
https://www.fold3.com/record/86018873/vincent-v-orman-wwii-army-enlistm…
https://www.fold3.com/record/704704357/orman-vincent-v-us-wwii-hospital…
https://www.fold3.com/record/704704358/orman-vincent-v-us-wwii-hospital…
https://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/New-York/Vincent-Orman_g98v4
https://95thbg.mmsw.eu/person/5038
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111551981/vincent-v-orman

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

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