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Patrick Gahagan

Patrick Gahagan passed away in 1993

See Document 1 below for Combat Flight Log

COMPLETED 21 COMBAT MISSIONS WITH A TOTAL OF 155.25 COMBAT HOURS AS PILOT OF A B-17 HEAVY BOMBER, ENGAGED IN TACTICAL AND STRATEGIC RAIDS ON ENEMY TARGETS IN THE EUROPEAN AND MEDITERRANEAN THEATERS OF OPERATIONS. SUPERVISED A CREW OF SPECIALISTS WHILE IN FLIGHT. FLEW WITH THE 301ST BOMB GROUP HEAVY, 353RD BOMB SQUADRON, 15TH AIR FORCE, BASED IN FOGGIA, ITALY. AIR COMBAT CAMPAIGNS FLOWN: BALKANS, RHINELAND, NORTHERN APENNINES, PO VALLEY AND CENTRAL EUROPE. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL WITH TWO OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, THE PURPLE HEART ON FEBRUARY 20, 1945 AND THE EUROPEAN THEATER MEDAL WITH FIVE BATTLE STARS

Aircraft Type B-17-G #44-6373

Pilot: 1st LT Patrick M. Gahagan, Jr. Milwaukee, Wis ASN 0829000

Co- Pilot: 1st LT Fulton Stephens San Fransciso, Cal ASN 0778602

Navigator: 1st LT John E. Stenwall Teaneck, N.J. ASN 02068791

Bombadier: 1st LT Norman W. Jahnke Milwaukee, Wis ASN 0722441

Engineer: S/Sgt Paul E. Long Clovis, N.M. ASN 38350933

Radioman: T/Sgt Gustav J. Spohn Patterson, N.J. ASN 12136800

Gunner: S/Sgt Daryl V. Drew Kansas City, Kan ASN 37722588

Gunner: S/Sgt Vincent L. Manas Brooklyn, N.Y. ASN 12177842

Gunner: S/Sgt Donald Allred Manti, Utah ASN 39923510

Gunner: S/Sgt Patrick J. Dignam, Jr. Newton, Mass ASN 31431857

1st Lt. Patrick M Gahagan Jr was assigned to the 301st BG 353rd Squadron.
Military Occupational Specialty (MOS): Pilot.

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