Richard T Donovan
Military
Stephen Donovan (son of Richard "Dick" Donovan of Sweet and Lowdown (and Patty Girl) crew)
Object Number - UPL 60198 - Richard "Dick" Donovan - Armorer Gunner on crew of Sweet and Lowdown
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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: 389th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 0-772924
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Patty Girl
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron 703rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Herk's Jerks, Sweet and Lowdown
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron 857th Bomb Squadron 858th Bomb Squadron 856th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Enrolled in 389th Lucky Bastard Club |
Jefferson, Iowa | 10 March 1945 | "On this 10th day of March nineteen hundred and forty five the fickle finger of Fate has traced on the rolls of the LUCKY BASTARD CLUB The Name of S/SGT. RICHARD T DONOVAN, Who on this date achieved the remarkable record of having sallied forth, and returned, no fewer than thirty times bearing tons and tons of high explosive Goodwill to the Feuhrer and would-be Feuhrers, through the courtesy of the Eighth Air Force A.A.F., who sponsors these programs in the interest of Government "of the people, by the people and for the people." |
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Sources
389th BG Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
