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487th Bomb Group, USAAF   7th May 1944 Operations 8th May 1944 Attack Made 9th May 1944 Attack Made 11th May 1944 Attack Made 20th May 1944 Aircraft Lost 23rd May 1944 Attack Made 24th May 1944 Attack Made 25th May 1944 Attack Made 27th May 1944 Attack Made 28th May 1944 Aircraft Lost 28th May 1944 Aircraft Lost 30th May 1944 Aircraft Lost If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Logbooks Do you have a WW2 Flying Log Book in your possession? If so it would be a huge help if you could add logbook entries to our new database. Thank you. View Logbook entries Those known to have served with 487th Bomb Group, USAAF   during the Second World War 1939-1945. Chavez Paul F.. 2nd Lt. Duncan Raymond Ezra. 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There are:11 items tagged 487th Bomb Group, USAAF   available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War. 2nd Lt. Paul F. Chavez 837th Bomb Sqdn. 487th Bomb Group My uncle Paul F. Chavez was a co-pilot on a B-24 bomber - Starduster -42-52651. They were shot down in May 1944 on a return flight to Lavenham airfield, UK. They had just bombed the oil refineries at Lutkendorf, Germany. There was a crew of 10 men, of which 9 were taken as POWs. My uncle was last out of the plane and was captured by the Germans, but he spoke four different languages, and the Germans tried to talk to him in English, but he answered in another language which they did not understand. They let him go. He was helped by the underground to return to the UK. Plane was shot down on 28th May 1944. (Sources of crash mact.5223) Shot down south of Liege, Belgium, 1 km west of Xhoris. If anyone with any information please contact me. Add to this record. S/Sgt Raymond Ezra Duncan 836th Squadron 487th Bomb Group I was assigned to the 487th Bomb Group 836th Squadron from inception to termination. I served in England on Station 137 for 15 months. I volunteered to be bar tender for the 836th Sqdn party on return of Col Bernie Lay's return after the bomb mission which his aircraft was shot down in France. I was also present at the Boarding of Trebble Four aircraft by Brigadier General Bernard Castle on 24 December 1944 which ended in fate for General Castle & possibly one other crew member. For 65 years I was not aware of the outcome of this flight until it was discovered on the internet. I was Crew Chief on Heavenly Body which has been reported in a narrative on the internet that it crashed but I have to say I flew back to the USA in July 1945 in it after being allerted 19 times for takeoff. I prepared a swing seat between the pilot & Co-pilot as the pilot was concerned about one spark plug malfunction. I assured him that it was OK. We flew from station 137 to Wales-overnight on to Rejykavick, Iceland-overnight, on to Labrador-overnight & on to Bangor, Maine without incident. I built a hut by the aircraft hardstand out of B-24 Bomb bay cargo racks & lived in it several months. Raymond Duncan Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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