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Military
Assigned to the 384th BG 546th BS on AAF Staion 106 Special Orders #110 dated 4 October 1943, John Berbrich Crew. 30 combat missions.
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #4297477 'Porky's Pig.'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser)
He flew 19 combat missions.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 384th Bomb Group
Accident 9 October 1943 on slow-timing flight of B17#41-24529 BK-E. 4 Returned To Duty.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | 384th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Flew 27 missions. Capt Ullery was the pilot
DFC/ Air Medal w/2Oak Leaf Clusters/EAME Medal/Good Conduct Medal/American Theater Medal
Military | Technical Sergeant | 384th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant | 384th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot, Pilot | 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to 545BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. 11 x combat missions. Accident on 9-Oct-43 on slow-timing flight of B-17 41-24529. RTD
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Military | Staff Sergeant | 384th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 384th Bomb Group
Accident, Oct. 9, 1943 on slow-timing flight of B17#41-24529. 4 RTD.
10/14/43 on return from Schweinfurt mission, B17#42-5852 'The Natural' ' crashed at Oxfordshire with crew baling out near RAF Oakley. 5 of the crew were injured with all returning.
Group
The 384th Bomb Group flew B-17s from Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire, between May 1943 and June 1945. They were engaged in daylight bombing missions over Germany as part of the Allies' efforts to destroy the effectiveness of the Luftwaffe by...
Squadron
Military site : airfield
Grafton Underwood was built in 1941 by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd. It was the first airfield in England to receive an Eighth Air Force flying unit, when in May 1942 personnel of the 15th Bomb Squadron took up residence. As a satellite airfield for...
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| Died | LaPlace, LA, USA | February 2015 |
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| 16 February 2015 17:14:25 | bombercommand | Changes to biography and events |
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| 27 January 2015 00:07:58 | bombercommand | Changes to media associations |
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| 26 January 2015 23:31:40 | bombercommand | Changes to person associations and media associations |
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| 15 January 2015 23:33:07 | bombercommand | Changes to role |
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| 15 January 2015 23:32:38 | bombercommand | Changes to middlename, nickname, service number, role and place associations |
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| 27 September 2014 18:20:31 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=m... |
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