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Don Graham was a B-17 waist gunner/togglier flying out of Great Ashfield with the 385th BG 548th BS as a member of the Gerald Stalcup crew. Donald Graham photo after graduation from gunnery school.
Lt. Elvey Ely of the 385th BG 548 BS and a member of the Jerry Stalcup crew posing in Maiden America,
385th Bomb Group mission photo.
Meat Wagon
Little Friend Cherokee Kid.
385th BG's Dragon Lady 42-30836 contrails.
385th BG bombs away.
385th BG bombing through clouds.
385th BG casualty.
385th BG Bombing airfield.
Don Graham was a B-17 waist gunner/togglier flying out of Great Ashfield with the 385th BG 548th BS as a member of the Gerald Stalcup crew.
Military | Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 385th Bomb Group
Orville Ashby was a Top Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer flying out of Great Ashfield with the 385th BG 548th BS as a member of the Gerald Stalcup crew.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 385th Bomb Group
2nd Lt Ralph Duston was a bombardier flying out of Great Ashfield with the 385th BG 548th BS as a member of the Gerald Stalcup crew.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Lieutenant | 385th Bomb Group
Elvey Ely was a Co-pilot flying out of Great Ashfield with the 385th BG 548th BS as a member of the Gerald Stalcup crew.
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 385th Bomb Group
Clarence Nunamaker was a navigator flying out of Great Ashfield with the 385th BG 548th BS as a member of the Gerald Stalcup crew.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 385th Bomb Group
Ollie Olson was a ball turret gunner flying out of Great Ashfield with the 385th BG 548th BS as a member of the Gerald Stalcup crew.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Sergeant | Radio Operator (757) / Left Waist Gunner | 385th Bomb Group
Rocco Spadola was a radio operator / left waist gunner flying out of Great Ashfield with the 385th BG 548th BS as a member of the Gerald Stalcup crew.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Lieutenant | Co-Pilot / Pilot | 385th Bomb Group
Jerry Stalcup was a pilot flying out of Great Ashfield with the 385th BG 548th BS.
Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 385th Bomb Group
Virgil W (Bill) Wilks was a tail gunner flying out of Great Ashfield with the 385th BG 548th BS as a member of the Gerald Stalcup crew.
Group
The 385th Bomb Group, who took the nickname "Van's Valiants" after their first Commanding Officer Col. Elliot Vandevanter, flew B-17s from Great Ashfield, Suffolk. The Group led the famous attack on the Focke-Wolfe aircraft factory at Marienburg on 9...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 27/10/43; Gr Island 12/11/43; Memphis 18/11/43; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-M] Gt Ashfield 1/12/43; with Muchow force landed Germany; 100+m, n/battle damaged force landed Troston AD with Mike Brochmann 30/5/45; Salvaged. RUM DUM.
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Lincoln 14/9/44; Grenier 27/9/44; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-P] Gt Ashfield 1/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 26/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Lincoln 8/9/44; Dow Fd 25/9/44; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-G] Gt Ashfield 10/11/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 26/6/45; Sth Plains 28/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 27/11/45.
P-51 Mustang
P-51D-10 “CHEROKEE KID” 44-14414 was delivered new to the 357th
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2 May 1945
Military site : airfield
The airfield was built in 1942 by John Laing & Son Ltd. 108,000 tons of concrete was used in its construction, creating a Class 'A' airfield suitable for heavy bombers. The 385th Bomb Group took up residence in the summer of 1943, and remained at the...
Other location
Other location
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Worcester, Massachusetts | 25 May 1925 |
| Died | 7 May 2008 | |
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| 18 September 2021 15:25:36 | Dricharlo | Changes to biography |
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Rick Graham, son of Donald S Graham and taken from the 385th BG official reels located at Maxwell Air Force Base. |
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| 18 September 2021 00:38:31 | Dricharlo | Changes to aircraft associations |
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Rick Graham, son of Sgt Donald S Graham. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 17 September 2021 16:12:18 | Dricharlo | Changes to unit associations |
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Rick Graham, son of Donald S Graham. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 17 September 2021 16:10:01 | Dricharlo | Changes to role and unit associations |
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Rick Graham, son of Donald S Graham. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 15 September 2021 18:01:12 | Dricharlo | Changes to person associations |
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Rick Graham, 385th Bomb Group Reels from Maxwell Air Force Base, and son of Sgt. Donald S Graham. |
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| 10 September 2021 18:29:28 | Dricharlo | Changes to aircraft associations |
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Rick Graham, son of Sgt Donald S Graham. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 05 April 2021 19:10:02 | Dricharlo | Changes to media associations |
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Submitted by Rick Graham, son of Donald S Graham. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 05 April 2021 18:53:23 | Dricharlo | Changes to mission associations |
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Submitted by Rick Graham, son of Donald S Graham. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 05 April 2021 18:48:54 | Dricharlo | Changes to mission associations |
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Submitted by Rick Graham, son of Donald R Graham. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 05 October 2020 19:19:52 | Dricharlo | Changes to media associations |
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Rick Graham provided the photo and is the son of Sgt. Donald S Graham. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 15 June 2020 21:37:29 | Dricharlo | Changes to events |
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Rick Graham - Donald S Graham's son. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 15 June 2020 18:54:41 | Dricharlo | Changes to media associations |
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Rick Graham - Donald S Graham’s son |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 15 June 2020 18:12:45 | Dricharlo | Changes to nickname and place associations |
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Rick Graham - Son of Donald S Graham |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:07:42 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self |
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