 NAME
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TP | - | M# | SER | - | BLK | - | MF | SERIAL # |
AF |
BG |
BS |
SC | RCL/# | V#-P | PHOTO CREDITS |
LITTLE GRAMPER, The |
B |
- |
24 |
D |
- |
90 |
- |
CO |
42-40722 |
8 |
389 |
566 |
~ |
B- |
00-1 |
IVAN DMITRI |
Port (Left) Side - Color Image -
Survived Operation TIDAL
WAVE, 1 Aug 43, Ploesti Romania
Featured in "Flight to Everywhere"
Contributor - Al Blue
Info Contributor - Chris
Gregg
389th BG - Primary Pilots: Jack Dieterle, Lt. Walsh. Arrived overseas
16 Jun 43 and flew first combat mission 9 Jul 43. Flew to Ploesti on 1 Aug
43 and served in the 389th BG until about May 44, racking up
a total of 52 combat missions. Group switched over to B-24 H's & J's by the spring of 1944.
No SC, B- from Jul '43 through Dec '43
No SC, B+ from Dec '43 through Mar '44
SC:
RR, B+ from Mar '44 through May '44
Transferred to the 491st Bomb Group 15 May 44.
Info Contributor - Robert Sterling Moore
(Pilot)
I am presently 83 yrs of age (7 Jan 01) and piloted
The LITTLE GRAMPER, along with others.
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