George G Doherty | American Air Museum

George G Doherty

Military

Crashed on takeoff in Mosquito #LR516 on 27 Feb 1944. RTD

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Units served with

50th Fighter Squadron

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

The insignia of the 55th Fighter Group.

55th Fighter Group

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

Aircraft

LR516

Aircraft Type: Mosquito
Unit: 55th Fighter Group 50th Fighter Squadron

Places

A crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 25th Bomb Group. Veteran's caption handwritten on reverse: 'Back Row- Left to Right Edward Corner Tail Gunner (Deceased)- Sam Odensky RDG- Donald Yennie Engineer (Status Unknown) The Hawk RAF) 1st Row Kneeling L to R Warren Forgie (Pilot), Earnest York (Co-Pilot), Edward Sofranko (Navigator), Robert Poe (Ball Gunner) (Edward York Died Oct 15, 1988 Heart Attack).'

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Site type: Airfield

Revisions

Date7 Feb 2016 11:01:42

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

AAM DB Entry.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:10:56

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces