Duane Pangle

Military
media-36337.jpeg UPL 36337 OFF Spring , 42031917 named for the newborn son of original pilot Duane (Pappy) PangleFrom Rick Davis, son of Onner D. Davis II, Co-Pilot

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Object Number - UPL 36337 - OFF Spring , 42031917 named for the newborn son of original pilot Duane (Pappy) PangleFrom Rick Davis, son of Onner D. Davis II, Co-Pilot

Assigned to 549BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Rostock in B-17 42-30197 'Mission Belle', hit by flak on bomb run 11-Apr-44. Landed in Kristianopel, Sweden. Interned (INT).



Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.

385th Bomb Group

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

People

Arthur Vernon Brandt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33391146
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Robert C Breasbois

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16043482
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier, Bombardier; Togglier

Thomas Walter Cavanagh

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12062123
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Vincent Louis Corleto

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32489796
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Onner Duncan Davis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron 551st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20532820 / O-48735
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

Corporal John E. Burkey and Corporal Paul G. Huston of the 385th Bomb Group paint the nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30168) nicknamed "Mission Belle". Passed for publication 10 Oct 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '230168.' Printed caption on reverse: 'Flying Fortresses In Combat Missions Over Europe. Picture Shows:- Cpl. John E. Burkey, Philadelphia, Pa., and Cpl. Paul G. Huston, Lingure, Pa.; doing a bit of painting on Fortress "Mission Belle" - the ship of 1/Lt. Wayne Horr, A

42-30197

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mission Belle
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31917) nicknamed "Off Spring" of the 551st Bomb Squadron, 385th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '551BS/385BG. 231917. B-17 Flying Fortress, 6736. 2 of 6 pics.'

42-31917

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Off Spring
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Yellville, AR 8 July 1917 Son of Jobie Napolean and Neacy Elizabeth [Burleson] Pangle.

Enlisted

Fort Riley, KS 1 April 1942 Fort Riley, Kansas

Other

Interned (INT)

Kristianopel, Sweden 11 April 1944 - 9 October 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Rostock in B-17 42-30197 'Mission Belle', hit by flak on bomb run 11-Apr-44. Landed in Kristianopel, Sweden. Interned.

Other

Discharged USAAF

31 March 1962 Honourable discharge.

Died

Yuba City, CA 30 March 2003

Based

Great Ashfield 11 April 1944 Assigned to 549BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

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Added by Rick Davis

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3822 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Duane Pangle: Gallery (2 items)

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Object number: UPL 36337 - OFF Spring , 42031917 named for the newborn son of...