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| Darwin Gregory - 1943 |
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| Current Address: |
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4570 Shetland Green Road, Alexandria, VA 22312
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| Email: |
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| Family Information: |
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Parents: Gideon and Arvilla; Brother: Douglas
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| Hometown: |
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Harvard, NY |
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| Date Entered Service: |
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July 17 1940 |
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| Service Number: |
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12004165 |
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| Bomb Group: |
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468th |
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| Squadron: |
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794th |
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| Location of Unit: |
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Kharagpur, India - Sept. 1944
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| Missions Flown: |
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35 |
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| Hump Missions Flown: |
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9--Tanker Group, Provisional--C-109
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| Targets: |
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Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Kobe, Nagoya, Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Omuta, Toyohashi, Kure, Okayama, Takamatsu,
Sendai, Utsonomiya, Fukui
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| Awards/Decorations: |
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Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Clusters, Good Conduct Medal, American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 3 Stars, WWII Victory Medal, Sharp Shooter Badge with Pistol, Honorable Service Lapel Button |
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| Service Schools Attended: |
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AAFTS, Madison, WI -- ROM B-29 Nov 1943; AAFS, Scott Field, IL -- ROM Jul - Oct 1943; Ft. Monmouth, NJ Aug - Dec 1941
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| Military Specialty(ies): |
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MOS 757-Radio Operator-Mechanic-Gunner, AAF
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| Rank Upon Discharge: |
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Staff Sergeant |
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| Crew Type: |
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Flight crew |
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| Airplane Serial No.& Name: |
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42-24486 Windy City II, 42-6409 The Uninvited, 42-24469 Wham Bam - given to another crew when we arrived in India.
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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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July 20 1945 |
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| Date Discharged from the 58th: |
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August 23 1945 |
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| Post-WWII Military Service: |
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| Post-WWII Civilian Occupation(s): |
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Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
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| Thoughts on the 58th Bomb Wing: |
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I am very proud of my 35 missions, I feel that I and my crewmates contributed mightily to bring about the Japanese surrender. We did our job and accepted our assignments without hesitation or reservation. The morale in the 468th was always high thanks to leaders like R.M. Ramey and James Edmundson.
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Crew of the Wham Bam headed for India, August 1944
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| Darwin Gregory - 2002 |
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