|
|
 |
| James Turner (left) and Chet LaBacz in Piardoba, 1944 |
| |
| Current Address: |
|
1626 Meece Mill Road, Pickens, SC 29671 |
| |
| Email: |
|
|
| |
| Family Information: |
|
Parents: William E. and Selena; Wife: Hazel; Son: Harold |
| |
| Hometown: |
|
Pickens, SC |
| |
| Date Entered Service: |
|
July 4, 1943 |
| |
| Service Number: |
|
34651978 |
| |
| Bomb Group: |
|
462nd Bomb Group |
| |
| Squadron: |
|
769th Bomb Squadron |
| |
| Location of Unit: |
|
|
| |
| Missions Flown: |
|
44 |
| |
| Hump Missions Flown: |
|
|
| |
| Targets: |
|
|
| |
| Awards/Decorations: |
|
Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Soldier's Medal, Presidential Unit Citation. |
| |
| Service Schools Attended: |
|
AAFTS Chanute Field, IL - parachute rigger September 1943 |
| |
| Military Specialty(ies): |
|
MOS 620-Parachute Rigger and Repairman |
| |
| Rank Upon Discharge: |
|
Sgt. |
| |
| Crew Type: |
|
Flight crew / Ground crew |
| |
| Airplane Serial No.& Name: |
|
Hoodlum House, 42-24475 Hoodlum House II, 42-63393 Rush Order, 42-24505 Wild Hair, Liberty Bell, 44-61555 Miss Judy, 42-24590 Celestial Princess, others |
| |
| 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: |
|
November 27, 1945 |
| |
| Post-WWII Military Service: |
|
|
| |
| Post-WWII Civilian Occupation(s): |
|
Textiles, Handyman
|
| |
| Thoughts on the 58th Bomb Wing: |
| When I volunteered for the Paratroops I knew I had stepped into it. Then when I found out this Bomber Group needed my services, I knew the Lord had given me a reprieve. Then I stepped out of the ship into India. |
| |
| Comments: |
| My father is suffering from dementia now and I filled out this form as best I could for him. I know he flew on a mission to mine the Mekong River and crashed on a river in Burma when they ran out of gas. He was in the Yawata and Anshan raids. He flew in several "hump" missions -- Indo-China, China and Japan. He flew in four missions on B-24's. |
 |
| Guy Staples (left) and Jim Turner in a shop in Asansol, India |
| |
|
|
