Charles Beasley
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 447th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed on 11/2/44 near Gera in B-17 #4297634
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Louie J Fugazi
Military
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Louis Fugazi, 222nd Combat Crew Training
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Gunn Crew, 447th Bomb Group, 711 Squadron. Standling L-R: Louis Fugazi, Robert Frier, Paul Wingeier, Rober Lane, Raymond Scott Kneeling L-R: Fred Gunn, David Bowen, Robert Goldsmith, Robert Basham Crew was assigned with the 222nd Combat Crew training, Ardmore Oklahoma, and assigned to the 447th the 27th or May, 1944
Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed near Gera in B-17 #4297634
Service
People
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Anthony DeSantis
Military | Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 447th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed on 11/2/44 near Gera in B-17 #4297634 -
Robert Frier
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Gunner | 447th Bomb Group
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John Galey
Military | Captain | Navigator | 447th Bomb Group
Crashed near Gera in B-17 #42-97634, Killed in Action (KIA). -
Robert Goldsmith
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 447th Bomb Group
Completed 35 missions in 85 days. -
Fred Gunn
Military | Captain | 447th Bomb Group
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James Hoard
Military | Second Lieutenant | Tail Gunner | 447th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed on 11/2/44 near Gera in B-17 #4297634 -
Robert Lane
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 447th Bomb Group
31 missions, all memorable. Participated in the 2000 plane bombing of Berlin on 21 June 44. The largest to date. The delivery of guns and ammo to the Marquis on 25 June and again 9 Sep 44 DFC, AM w/3Oak Leaf Cluster -
James Major
Military | 447th Bomb Group
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William Reynolds
Military | Captain | Pilot | 447th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed near Gera in B-17 #4297634
Units served with
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447th Bomb Group
Group
The 447th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses on strategic bombardment missions out of Rattlesden, Suffolk. With their first mission coming on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1943, their main focus was hitting sites that would weaken enemy forces... -
709th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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710th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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711th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-97634
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 12/1/44; 1SAG Langley 4/2/44; Grenier 17/3/44; Assigned 333BS/94BG Rougham 24/3/44; transferred 711BS/447BG Rattlesden 3/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 2/11/44 with Capt Bill Reynolds, Maj Wilbur Allen, Capt John Galey, Gus Herith,...
Missions
Associated Place
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Rattlesden
Military site : airfield
Built for the Eighth Air Force in 1942, Rattlesden had three concrete runways, 50 hardstandings and two dispersed T2 hangars. Intended to be a twin-engine B-26 bomber base, it was originally a satellite for nearby Rougham, and first occupied from... -
Rattlesden Memorial
Other location
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St Nicholas, Rattlesden
Other location
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Rattlesden Gliding Club
Other location
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Stockton, California, USA | |
| Killed in Action (KIA) | Germany | 2 November 1944 |
| Died | 2 November 1944 |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 18 December 2020 18:39:01 | pamccolgan | Changes to person associations, unit associations and mission associations |
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447 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 07 November 2020 16:18:34 | pamccolgan | Changes to media associations |
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222nd Combat Crew Training, Ardmore Oklahoma |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 07 November 2020 16:18:10 | pamccolgan | Changes to person associations, place associations and media associations |
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222nd Combat Crew Training, Ardmore Oklahoma |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:19:05 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10164 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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