384th Bombardment Group (Heavy) in World War II

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384th During WWII 8221
- 544th Bomb Squadron (Heavy) 1073
- 545th Bomb Squadron (Heavy) 1081
  - Airmen Assigned Without Crew Affiliation, 545 25
    - Donald William Dooley 2
    - Oattis Elwyn Parks 1
    - Harold Truman Speck 1
    - Elgin Lewis Hushbeck 1
    - Michael John Polito 2
    - Timothy Francis Flynn 2
    - Hiram Glenn Howard 1
    - Arthur Symonds Pelkey Jr 2
    - Joseph G Rachunas 6
    - Henry Frederick Reher 1
    - Peter Paul Sorbo 1
    - Arthur Martin Stone Jr 4
    - Thomas Joseph Vezina 1
  - 545th Bomb Squadron Ground Personnel 99
  - William L Adams Crew 7
  - Earl O Anderson Crew 5
  - Lloyd R Armstrong Crew 5
  - Archie B Ashcraft Jr Crew 5
  - Donald W Bagby Crew 21
  - John R Baughman Crew 4
  - Joseph L Bedsole Crew 6
  - Dewayne 'Ben' Bennett Crew 92
  - Robert B Birckhead Crew 2
  - John A Blagg Crew 1
  - Andrew J Boles Crew 10
  - Irving H Boyette Crew 1
  - Neill L Britt Crew 24
  - James J Brodie Crew 14
  - Virgil R Broyhill Crew 4
  - James A Burkhard Crew 8
  - James E Burry Crew 2
  - Edwin C Burroughs Crew 3
  - Russell E Carlson II Crew 7
  - Dean E Carpenter Crew 1
  - Richard T Carrington Crew 2
  - James W Chadwick Crew 4
  - Arthur D Champ Crew 3
  - Richard E Cole Crew 4
  - Richard L Cranstoun Crew 44
  - Carlo N DeGennaro Crew 1
  - William E Doran Crew 6
  - Floyd C Edwards Crew 6
  - Harkless G Enns Crew 1
  - John Fahr Crew 33
  - Robert L Farra Crew 2
  - Edward A Fioretti Crew 4
  - Loren L Green Crew 9
  - Robert J Green Crew 6
  - Kenneth E Gross Crew 5
  - Arthur H Haaf Crew 3
  - Ralph J Hall Crew 3
  - Farris O Heffley Crew 3
  - John H Herzog, Jr. Crew 8
  - Charles P Hewes Crew 35
  - Gerald A Heim Crew 3
  - Gerald W Hicks Crew 2
  - James W Hines Crew 1
  - Donald L Hulcher Crew 3
  - John H Hunt Crew 25
  - John T Ingles 11
  - Edwin A Jerome Crew 2
  - William A Johnstone Crew 1
  - William A Jones Crew 7
  - Theodore G Jordan Crew 6
  - William H Kirkpatrick Crew 13
  - Joseph S Laboda Crew 21
  - Robert L Lecates Crew 3
  - Jack L Liebert Crew 15
  - James M Lovell Crew 7
  - Roy F Lucas Crew 1
  - Walter B Mabe Crew 3
  - Ranald H MacDonald III Crew 13
  - Donald A Mackellar Crew 3
  - Cornelius C Maher Crew 1
  - Raymond W Manning Crew 9
  - Frank G Mattes Crew 4
  - Clifford F McDaniel Crew 7
  - Max J Miller Crew 18
  - Henry W Minor Jr Crew 3
  - Mark Moore Crew 6
  - Franklyn W Mueller Crew 3
  - William C Murphy Crew 8
  - Lawrence W Myer Crew 8
  - Robert J Olbinski Crew 31
  - Edgar D Olson Crew 3
  - Comus R Penney Crew 6
  - Lloyd A Peters Crew 10
  - Calvin J Peterson Crew 5
  - Harold W Peterson Crew 2
  - Walter T Peterson Crew 3
  - Emil E Pluhar Crew 5
  - Bernard J Pompe Crew 8
  - George I Poole Crew 4
  - Raymond T Pryor Crew 1
  - William C Schauer Crew 5
  - George W Riches Crew 5
  - Robert E Sheahan Crew 4
  - James W Smith Crew 8
  - William G Starr Crew 2
  - Wallace A Storey Crew 8
  - Bruce G Sundlun Crew 10
  - Robert D Swank Crew 7
  - Herbert T Swanson Crew 2
  - Oliver Sweningsen Crew 2
  - Richard C Teevan Crew 6
  - Donald E Thompson Crew 5
  - Siguard Thompson Crew 57
  - Joseph A Van der Haeghen Crew 59
  - Russell M Van Every Crew 60
  - Richard G Wismer Crew 7
  - Horace F Writz Crew 1
  - Rodney J Wood Crew 4
  - Melton A Yelvington Crew 8
- 546th Bomb Squadron (Heavy) 1646
- 547th Bomb Squadron (Heavy) 1212
- Support Units 532
- 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews 248
- Aircraft 1866
- 384th Bomb Group Crews - WWII 1
- Unidentified Crews 14
- POWs 4
- Group Chaplains 15
- Group, Squadron and Associated Units’ Leadership 149
- Station 106 Maps 13
- The 384th In Action - WWII 168
- Awards 6
- 384th Roll of Honor 55
- Know Your Group 9
- On and Off the Base 59
- The Istres Fleet 57
384th After WWII 7417
384th Wartime Documents 140015
A2 Jacket Art 107
Community 1472
Administrator Upload 3569

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Joseph George Rachunas was a member of the 6th Service Squadron when the 6th was assigned to Grafton Underwood, AAF Station 106, in January 1943. He volunteered for flight status in September 1943, flying his first of 24 missions on 3 November 1943. Shot down on 13 April 1944 with the Fioretti Crew, he was held as a Prisoner of War unti l liberation in May 1945.

TSgt. Joseph Rachunas pic
Uncle Joe with mustache
Joseph G Rachunas
Joseph George Rachunas at 443rd depot instrumnet workbench
Joseph G. Rachunas
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