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TP | - | M# | SER | - | BLK | - | MF | SERIAL # |
AF |
BG |
BS |
SC | RCL/# | V#-P | PHOTO CREDITS |
PATTY GIRL |
B |
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24 |
J |
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5 | - |
FO |
42-50811 | 8 | 445 | 703 | RN | E | 00-1 | N/A |
Starboard (Right) Side - Flew the Kassel Mission 27 Sep 44
Info Contributor -
Stephen Donovan
My Father, Richard "Dick" T. Donovan, was an Armorer/Gunner. Bill Davis (Gunner) had a Daughter, Patty, (July 1944) for which the aircraft
was named.
Crew:
| Henry Laser - Nose Gunner Dick Donovan - Waist Gunner/Armorer Willard Davis - Waist Gunner Martin Carlson - Eng/Top Turret Gunner Joe Olszanski - Nose Gunner Robert Wray - Radio Operator |
William Greene - Navigator Gene Hetzler - Co-Pilot Herbert Trulove - Pilot Roland Alfonso - Bombardier |
Info Contributor - Tom
Brittan
Assigned to 445th BG at Tibenham where it was briefly
bar O+ IS in 700th BS before transfer in Aug 44 to 703rd BS as E RN. The plane
survived the war and was redeployed to the ZI on 20 May 45.
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