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| Current Address: |
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Box 179, Kulpsville, PA 19443
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| Email: |
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| Family Information: |
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Wife: Norma, Children: Carol, Bill, Sally, John, Scott.
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| Hometown: |
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Fort Wayne, IN |
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| Date Entered Service: |
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October 1 1942 |
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| Service Number: |
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O-808983
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| Bomb Group: |
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40th |
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| Squadron: |
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25th |
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| Location of Unit: |
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Tinian - June 1945 |
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| Missions Flown: |
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4 |
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| Hump Missions Flown: |
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| Targets: |
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Tsu, Imabari, Fukuyama, Tokyo flyover 9/2/45
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| Awards/Decorations: |
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| Service Schools Attended: |
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Basic, Gunther Field, Montgomery, Alabama Apr-May 1943; Advanced, George School, Illinois Jun-Jul 1943; Transition, Lockbourne Field, Ohio Aug 1943-Dec 1944
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| Military Specialty(ies): |
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MOS 1024-Pilot, Four-Engine Aircraft, MOS 1093-Pilot B-29 VHB
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| Rank Upon Discharge: |
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Captain, National Guard |
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| Crew Type: |
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Flight crew |
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| Airplane Serial No.& Name: |
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42-24888 Smilin' Jack
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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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| Date Discharged from the 58th: |
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July 1946 |
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| Post-WWII Military Service: |
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| Post-WWII Civilian Occupation(s): |
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Wholesale Food Sales
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| Thoughts on the 58th Bomb Wing: |
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I think we should finish whatever we start -- thinking about the last 40 years.
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| Comments: |
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| Bill and Norma Geddes - 1990 |
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