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B-17 Dog Breath #4231330 had mech. failure and landed in Spain on 6/19/44 INT
Group
The 452nd Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Deopham Green, Norfolk, from January 1944. The air crews hit strategic sites in Germany but also supported the movement of ground forces across Europe after D-Day. On 6 June 1944 itself, the Group...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 22/10/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; Assigned 728BS/452BG [9Z-O] Deopham Green 3/1/44; return from mission 26/3/44 with Herman Beuchat, Co-pilot: Everett Phillips, Navigator: Capt Art Miller, Bombardier: Bob Davis, Bombardier: Lt Jack...
Military site : airfield
Deopham Green was another air base constructed after America's entry into the war to Class A standards for use by the B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber. When the 452nd Bomb Group arrived in January 1943 they found a main runway of 2,000 yards, two...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Santa Paula, California, USA | |
| Interned (INT) | Zaragoza, spain | 19 June 1944 |
| Died | Arcadia, California, USA | 11 September 1989 |
| Buried | Pasadena, California U.S.A. |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 05 August 2017 09:32:46 | Herbsgirl | Changes to nickname and events |
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Daughter |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:12:50 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5931 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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