|
|
 |
| Edward Bronson, WWII |
| |
| Current Address: |
|
266 Sycamore Lane, Shaftsbury, VT 05262-9586 |
| |
| Email: |
|
|
| |
| Family Information: |
|
Parents: Dewey and Alice; Wife: Phyllis; siblings: Ruth, Joyce. |
| |
| Hometown: |
|
Shaftsbury, VT |
| |
| Date Entered Service: |
|
September 26, 1942 |
| |
| Service Number: |
|
11085032 |
| |
| Bomb Group: |
|
40th and 444th |
| |
| Squadron: |
|
45th and 678th |
| |
| Location of Unit: |
|
|
| |
| Missions Flown: |
|
35 |
| |
| Hump Missions Flown: |
|
More than enough |
| |
| Targets: |
|
Air Offensive Japan, China, Central Burma, India Burma and Air Combat Palembang, Sumatra Campaigns. |
| |
| Awards/Decorations: |
|
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Good Conduct Medal, WWII Victory Medal
|
| |
| Service Schools Attended: |
|
AAFTS Lincoln, Nebraska ; AAFTS Chanute Field, Illinois ; AAFTD Boeing Aircraft Co., Lowry Field, Colorado |
| |
| Military Specialty(ies): |
|
MOS 685-Airplane Electrical Mechanic, Specialist |
| |
| Rank Upon Discharge: |
|
S/Sgt |
| |
| Crew Type: |
|
Flight crew |
| |
| Airplane Serial No.& Name: |
|
42-63360 Trojan Spirit |
| |
| Were you a POW? |
|
No |
| If so, where? |
|
|
| |
| Were you interned? |
|
No |
| If so, where? |
|
|
| |
| Date Transferred from the 58th: |
|
|
| |
| Date Discharged from the 58th: |
|
October 16, 1945 |
| |
| Post-WWII Military Service: |
|
|
| |
| Post-WWII Civilian Occupation(s): |
| Store Clerk. Mill Work--Carpenter Squares. Lumber Mill. U.S. Postal Service--Rural Carrier. |
| |
| Thoughts on the 58th Bomb Wing: |
| Once in a lifetime experience which I would not wish to repeat. I served with some great guys and am still in contact with a few. Surviving a ditching off the coast of Liberia on my way to India and then a bailout over China, along with the hump trips and missions, matured this 20 year old rapidly and increased my faith in the Almighty God. |
| |
| Comments: |
|
 |
| Crew photo -- Ed Bronson, bottom row, center. |
| |
|
|
|
