David Emery Davenport

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media-27043.jpeg UPL 27043 Crew of B17F "Stupefier". Emery Davenport (radio operator), front row, 3rd from the left.

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Object Number - UPL 27043 - Crew of B17F "Stupefier". Emery Davenport (radio operator), front row, 3rd from the left.

Oct. 9, 1943 in the 'Stupefier' B-17F 42-29890 in which crew successfully crash landed in a field near the 379th BG

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-29890

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Madame Pisonyer aka Stupifier
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron 526th Bomb Squadron

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ContributorLucy May
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Brought in information from duplicate record. His name was listed as 'Emery T Davenport'.
Sources: Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AF Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 320

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ContributorTeknofossil
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My father in law served in the US Army Air Corp as a radio operator on a B17F. From what my wife remembers his aircraft named Stupefier. My internet searches have produced only one aircraft, as noted above was a B17F with the I/D number 42-29890.

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