Donald Pierce Corkran
MilitaryAssigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 35 x combat missions. Flew all but five mission in B-17 42-97170 'Julie Mae'. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15068797 / O-748485
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lynne Marie
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: No Body's Baby
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Julie Mae
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Maryland, USA | 12 May 1918 | Son of Milton W and Edna Alverta Corkran. |
Enlisted |
Baltimore, MD | 3 February 1941 | Baltimore, Maryland |
Other Discharged USAAF |
18 September 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Palmyra, ME | 4 November 2002 | |
Based |
Kimbolton | Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
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379th Bomb Group Anthology pg 123 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia