George Dranchak Jr

George Dranchak was an Aerial Gunner/Radio Operator with the 340th Bomb Group, the 487th Bomb Squad, flying Combat Missions over Italy in the B-25 Mitchell Medium Bombers.  He flew in 1944 and 1945, was awarded a DFC, had what looks like "80 Combat Missions" and the AM with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, or more.

Birth: Jan. 2, 1918 Death: Jun. 4, 1984     Burial:
Saint Michaels Cemetery ( 70592384  ) 
Binghamton
Broome County
New York, USA

There is George's ORIGINAL DFC CERTIFICATE CITATION,  NEWS ARTICLES ON George Dranchak, AND ORIGINAL NEWS WRITE UP ON T/Sgt George Dranchak AND HIS GROUP.

HIS FAVORITE B-25 WITH NOSE ART is THE UNCLE WILLIE.

HIS OTHER PICTURES SHOWS OFF B-25'S AND HIS WAR ROOM.   HE FLEW OVER 50 MISSIONS (A-2 Jacket COUNT is 80)  AND HE HAD THREE OAK LEAVES TO THE AIR MEDAL.

Barbi Ennis Connolly, PRINCESSBARBI_B25@msn.com  57th BW Historical Researcher.