Harry Deboef
Military
UPL 6618
UPL 6618
Crew #633 786th Squadron- 466th Bomb Group-96th Wing- 8th Air Force - Attlebridge, England
Aircraft: B-24 H 15 CF # 4129366 "Dirty Gertie"
Top Row Left to Right: Everette M. Cranage (R/O), Nick Kuklish (TG), Richard Schroeder (LWG),
Charles Patton (RWG), Fred Utter (TT), Harry DeBoef (E)
Kneeling Left to Right: Robert P Bauman (CP,) William Horney (N), Ray “Buzz” Edwards (B), Jack Dougherty (P)
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Aircraft: B-24 H 15 CF # 4129366 "Dirty Gertie"
Top Row Left to Right: Everette M. Cranage (R/O), Nick Kuklish (TG), Richard Schroeder (LWG),
Charles Patton (RWG), Fred Utter (TT), Harry DeBoef (E)
Kneeling Left to Right: Robert P Bauman (CP,) William Horney (N), Ray “Buzz” Edwards (B), Jack Dougherty (P)
Corrected caption with correct Crew #.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13079323 and O-701668
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Dirty Gertie
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Michigan, USA | 7 April 1924 | |
Enlisted |
Kalamazoo, MI, USA | 30 June 1942 | |
Died |
24 June 1992 | ||
Buried |
Shelby, MI 49455, USA | 27 June 1992 | Benona Township Cemetery North Shelby Oceana County Michigan, USA |
Muskegon County, MI, USA |
Revisions
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Sources
466th BG Historian
http://wwii-army.mooseroots.com/l/2221021/Harry-J-Deboef
findagrave.com
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, page 345