Donald Gordon Ivarson

Military

media-56249.jpeg UPL 56249 S/Sgt Donald G. Ivarson, 305BG.

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Object Number - UPL 56249 - S/Sgt Donald G. Ivarson, 305BG.

Assigned to 422BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF.

Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), GC, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Brigadier-General Frank Alton Armstrong Jr. during a visit to the 305th Bomb Group Official caption on image: "(GPR-83-9305) (18-6-43) (Brig. Gen. Armstrong..."

1st Bomb Division

Unit Hierarchy: Division
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

305th Bomb Group

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

40th Combat Bomb Wing

Unit Hierarchy: Wing
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Combat organisation

422nd Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Personnel of the 97th Bomb Group look out for the return of B-17 Flying Fortresses from a raid on Rouen, from the top of the Control Tower at Grafton Underwood.

Image stamped on reverse: 'Photo Supplied Photopress Central.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 18 Aug 1942.' [stamp], 'USA (BRI) CCC.' [written annotation] and '216036.' [Censor no.]

Printed caption on reverse: 'Picture shows: Aerodrome Personnel on the Control Tower watching for the return of the planes from the raid.' Handwritten captio

VIII Bomber Command

Unit Hierarchy: Command
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-38037

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Liberty run

42-97748

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Judy J

43-37620

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Sweet Lorraine
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron

43-37816

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: GI Miss America
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron

43-37827

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Wally's Wagon, Sweet Seventeen
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Chelveston

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born		22 August 1923
Enlisted		5 February 1943
Other Discharged USAAF		5 September 1945	Honourable discharge.
Died		8 November 2003
Buried	Valley View Cemetery Torrington, Goshen County, WY	11 November 2003	Valley View Cemetery Torrington, Goshen County, Wyoming
Based	Chelveston		Assigned to 422BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Date17 Mar 2022 21:28:08

ContributorAl_Skiff

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https://www.fold3.com/record/626000880/donald-ivarson-1923-veterans-aff…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10886534/donald-gordon-ivarson

Date17 Mar 2022 14:55:26

Contributoricepir82021

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Added nickname from Jun 6 1944 "Short Snorter".
Edited "Engineer" to "Flight Engineer" for clarity

Date17 Mar 2022 14:39:38

Contributoricepir82021

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SO 179, HQ AAF STATION NO. 105, dd 29 June 44

Date29 Nov 2021 17:53:15

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Individual Flight Records of SSGT/TSGT Donald G. Ivarson, June 1944 - December 1944.

Date29 Nov 2021 17:51:05

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Individual Flight Records of SSGT/TSGT Donald G. Ivarson, June 1944 - December 1944.

Date29 Nov 2021 17:49:11

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Individual Flight Records of SSGT/TSGT Donald G. Ivarson, June 1944 - December 1944.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:07:32

ContributorAAM

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305th Bomb Group Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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