John B Gardner Jr

Military

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-30255

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lonesome Polecat II
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

42-30322

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Liberty Belle | Patches
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

42-31054

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Irish Luck
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

42-37876

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Struggle Bunny : Batchas Patches : Miss Raps-O-D
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37882) of the 95th Bomb Group landing at Colorado in October 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17G-15-DL Denver, Colorada, October 1943.'

42-37882

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hard Time : A-Good-Bett : Blues in the Reich
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Revisions

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ContributorMikeSoCal
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Sources

Performance record for S/Sgt John B. Gardner stationed at Army Air Forces Station 119 completed by Chester P. Gilger Colonel

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php