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| Recent Address: |
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740 Carol Street, New Cumberland, PA 17070 |
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| Family Information: |
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Wife: Alma |
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| Hometown: |
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Minersville, PA |
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| Date Entered Service: |
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December 16 1940 |
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| Service Number: |
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13008826 |
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| Bomb Group: |
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444th |
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| Squadron: |
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677th |
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| Location of Unit: |
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Great Bend, KS - December 1943 |
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| Missions Flown: |
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Don't remember |
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| Hump Missions Flown: |
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Don't remember |
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| Targets: |
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Kawanishi, Nagoya, Hamamatsu, Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe (received Purple Heart) others. |
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| Awards/Decorations: |
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Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart, Distinguished Unit Badge with 6 Oak Leak Clusters. |
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| Service Schools Attended: |
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Aircraft Mechanics, Chanute Field, IL 1941; B-29 Armament, Lowry Field, CO 1943; NCO Academy, 8th Air Force, MA 1958 |
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| Military Specialty(ies): |
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Aircraft Mechanic / B-29 Right Gunner, B-29 Tail Gunner / B-29 Crew Chief |
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| Rank Upon Discharge: |
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Master 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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42-63375 Her Majesty |
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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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September 1945 |
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| Date Discharged from the 58th: |
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1961 (retired) |
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| Post-WWII Military Service: |
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Berlin Airlift, 1948; B-29s in Korean War, Aug 1950 to Mar 1951 |
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| Post-WWII Civilian Occupation(s): |
| A/C Mechanic, Olmsted Field; Helicopter Mechanic, New Cumberland Army Base |
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| Thoughts on the 58th Bomb Wing: |
| From the coal mines of Pennsylvania to world travel with occasional stops to get shot at -- how can you beat that? |
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