New England Air Museum
Laidler B. Mackall
 
 
 
Recent Address:   3809 Village Park Drive, Chevy Chase, MD 20815-5746
 
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Hometown:   Washington, DC
 
Date Entered Service:   September 1 1941
 
Service Number:   A0420868
 
Bomb Group:   462nd
 
Squadron:   768th
 
Location of Unit:   Hays, KS September 1943
 
Missions Flown:   33
 
Hump Missions Flown:   15
 
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Awards/Decorations:   Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, Soldiers Medal, American Service Medal with 1 Battle Star, India-Burma Campaign, Air Offensive Japan, China Offensive, Central Burma Campaign, Anti-Submarine Campaign, Western Pacific Campaign, Asiatic-Pacific Service Medal with 4 Battle Stars, Presidential Unit Citation with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, WWII Victory Medal
 
Service Schools Attended:   AAF Primary Flying School Sep 1940; AAF Basic Flyin gSchool, Montgomery, AL 1940-41; AAF Advanced Flying School, Shreveport, LA 1941
 
Military Specialty(ies):   MOS 1093-Pilot B-29 VHB, Tactical an Air Inspector, Operations Officer 2161
 
Rank Upon Discharge:   Lt. Colonel
 
Crew Type:   Flight crew
 
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Were you a POW?   No
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Were you interned?   No 
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