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Lee I Colby

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The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.

392nd Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.

487th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Airmen of the 578th Bomb Squadron, 392nd Bomb Group with their B-24 Liberator nicknamed "Rat Poison". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'GC:? A/C 560. 578BS.'

578th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

A side view of a B-17G Flying Fortress (2G-C, serial number 43-37068) of the 836th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group that crash-landed at St. Margaret's. Official caption on image: "ISAD - 5627 - 2 - Crash Landing - B-17G - 43-37068 - St. Margaret's - R.Z."

836th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Revisions

Date17 Apr 2024 15:05:30

Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter

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Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139202459/lee-i-colby

https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=495&tf=F&q=colby&bc=sl,sd&sort=24995%20desc&rpp=10&pg=27&rid=8060748&rlst=1997746,6885365,2451469,8060748,2437485,2014150,2628441,8247823,7719514,2022674

http://www.487thbg.org/roster/487thC.htm

Date27 Sep 2014 18:18:22

ContributorAAM

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / SO#21, 20Apr43, http://www.b24.net/support/cnames.html