Donald Edwin Ventriss
MilitaryGROUP BOMBARDIER (ORIGINAL CADRE WITH 390TH BG).
Assigned to 570BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. Ended Tour Duty (ETD). Re-assigned to 350BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron 570th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-425146
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Betty Boop - The Pistol Packin Mama
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: G I Wonder
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Paper Doll II
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Skillet
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Sacramento, CA, USA | 12 November 1918 | Son of John William Ventriss. |
Died |
Sacramento, CA, USA | 1 October 1980 | |
Based |
Framlingham | Assigned to 570BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Other End Tour Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | Ended Tour Duty (ETD). | |
Based |
Thorpe Abbotts | Re-assigned to 350BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/78842497-donald-ventriss
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https://www.fold3.com/record/78842497-donald-ventriss
https://www.fold3.com/page/627540899-donald-ventriss-1918/facts
https://www.fold3.com/image/630035529?terms=Donald%20Ventriss
https://100thbg.com/index.php?option=com_bombgrp&view=personnel&id=5314…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.mcadams.org/fpdb/sqds_name2.asp