862nd Bomb Squadron
SquadronFrank McCann-Bombardier
Front Row: Robert M. Neal Co-Pilot
Arlyss (Duane) Wineinger Pilot
493rd Bomber Group/862nd Bomb Squad
Army Air Corps 8th Air Force (The Mighty Eighth)
Robin Deutsch Collection
Confirmed Frank McCann-Bombardier in the photo next to my father Seymour Deutsch.
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32767414
- Highest Rank: Private
- Role/Job: Airplane Armorer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37125630
- Highest Rank: Private First Class
- Role/Job: Munitions Worker
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35226942
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12217261
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37424448
- Highest Rank: Private
- Role/Job: Airplane Armorer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Devil's Own
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Day's Pay
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Better Duck
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Skipper, Wild Hare II, Lucifer's Lounge, Taylor Made
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Shack II
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 861st Bomb Squadron 862nd Bomb Squadron
Revisions
I have my Grandfather's Military Records, Personal Writings, and have been in contact with the Squadrons.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)