Placido B Andrade
Military
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UPL 36501
Placido B. Andrade, top turret gunner assigned to 42-39972, "Our Buddy" of the 730th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group awarded the Air Medal after 5th combat mission. Deopham Green, England.
Andrade Family collection.
Placido was one of 5 sons of Placido and Diluvina Andrade, a 5-Blue Star Family from Los Angeles, CA. Placido and his brothers, Albert-USA, Leonard-USA, Alfred-USA, and Danny-USN, all served during World War II. Placido was an original crew member of 'Our Buddy' a B-17 of the 452nd Bomb Group and flew 30 aerial combat missions during the first half of 1944, including 2 missions on D-Day.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 14161558
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: US Strategic Air Forces 452nd Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sunrise serenade
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Rosalie Ann II
- Unit: 45th Combat Bomb Wing 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: E-Rat-Icator
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Our Buddy
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Inside Curve
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 12 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia