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| Lt. Gene Frazier in 1945 |
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| Recent Address: |
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1130 Churchill Downs Road, Atlanta, GA 30319-1024 |
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| Family Information: |
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Grandparents came to Kansas in covered wagons (late 1800's). Parents deceased. Five children, seven grandchildren, two great-grandchildren. |
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| Hometown: |
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Athol, KS |
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| Date Entered Service: |
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December 8, 1942 |
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| Service Number: |
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17135618, 0784417 |
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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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Tinian (Spring 1945) |
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| Missions Flown: |
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15 |
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| Hump Missions Flown: |
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| Targets: |
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Osaka, Toyohashi, Kure, Fukui, Saga, Fukuyama |
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| Awards/Decorations: |
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5 combat medals, seven ribbons - all nearly destroyed in fire. |
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| Service Schools Attended: |
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Aviation Cadets 1943-4; SE Advanced Pilot Instructor School 1944; B-17/B-29 Training 1944 |
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| Military Specialty(ies): |
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Pilot: L-5, PT13,Basic, AT-6, B-17, P-40, B-29 |
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| Rank Upon Discharge: |
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Major (Ret.) |
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| Crew Type: |
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Flight crew |
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| Airplane Serial No.& Name: |
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42-24893 Li'l Organ Annie |
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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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1945 |
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| Date Discharged from the 58th: |
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| Post-WWII Military Service: |
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Kansas Air National Guard (Pilot) through 1963 |
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| Post-WWII Civilian Occupation(s): |
| Thirty years same corporation --mergers: U.S. Plywood, Champion International , now International Paper, retired 1984. |
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| Thoughts on the 58th Bomb Wing: |
| Overloaded on first night takeoff to combat. Charts by Boeing stated 120,000 pounds. We were 141,000 pounds. Cribbage and bridge on those 16-hour missions. Navigated fighters to Iwo. POW supplies dropped at war end. Power display over Tokyo Bay -- Battleship Missouri. We looked up to the CBI veterans -- late replacement crew. All of our crew were past instructors, except navigator. |
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| Comments: |
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| Gene Frazier |
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