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James Franklin Saunders, Jr
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| James Saunders WWII |
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| Current Address: |
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1140 Edinboro Drive, Boulder, CO 80305 |
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| Family Information: |
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Parents: James and Corinne; Wife: Marion; Children: James III, Ann |
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| Hometown: |
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Newport News, VA |
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| Date Entered Service: |
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August 9, 1943 |
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| Service Number: |
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33645230; T139036 |
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| Bomb Group: |
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462nd Bomb Group |
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| Squadron: |
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768th Bomb Squadron |
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| Location of Unit: |
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Tinian, May 1945 |
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| Missions Flown: |
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10 |
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| Hump Missions Flown: |
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| Targets: |
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Yokohama, Osaka (Super Dumbo rescue) Osaka (2), Toyohashi, Kure (2), Okayama, Takamatsu, Utsonomiya |
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| Awards/Decorations: |
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Air Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Theater Medal with 2 Battle Stars, Distinguished Unit Citation, American Theater Service Medal, WWII Victory Medal |
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| Service Schools Attended: |
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Gunnery School Jul 1944; Navigation School Aug 1944; Lead Crew School Aug 1945 |
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| Military Specialty(ies): |
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MOS 1034-Navigator |
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| Rank Upon Discharge: |
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Flight Officer |
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| Crew Type: |
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Flight crew |
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| Airplane Serial No.& Name: |
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42-63480 "Dream Girl" |
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| Were you a POW? |
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No |
| If so, where? |
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| Were you interned? |
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No |
| If so, where? |
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| Date Transferred from the 58th: |
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September 15, 1945 |
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| Date Discharged from the 58th: |
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November 28, 1945 |
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| Post-WWII Military Service: |
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Reserve Duty with: Troop Carrier Squadron, Parachute Infantry, and Field Artillery |
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| Post-WWII Civilian Occupation(s): |
| Air Force Photo Lab -- Air Force Photo Litho-Printing Plant -- Civil Service Engineer with NASA Manned Space Flight |
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| Thoughts on the 58th Bomb Wing: |
| A time of good adventure and the chance to defend my country. My good fortune to be selected to attend lead crew school. Reassigned from the crew that I went overseas with to another crew to return to the States to attend lead crew school. Three days after I left on July 18, 1945, the crew crashed on Tinian returning from a training mission. |
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| Comments: |
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| The crew of "Dream Girl" |
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| James Saunders overseas |
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