| Recent Address: |
237 SE 17th Avenue, Portland, OR 97214 |
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| Family Info: |
Parents: Roy and Olive; Wife: Janice; Child: Roger; Sibling: Eloise |
| Hometown: |
Estherville, IA |
| Date Entered Service: |
May 31, 1941 |
| Service Number: |
0433648 |
| Bomb Group: |
468th |
| Squadron: |
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| Squadron: |
794th |
| Location of Unit: |
Tinian (July, 1945) |
| Missions Flown: |
5 |
| Hump Missions: |
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| Targets: |
Hachiogi, Takarazuka, Saga, Fukuyama, Tokyo (Power Display) |
| Awards: |
Air Medal, Distinguished Unit Badge with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 3 Bronze Service Stars, WWII Victory Medal |
| Service Schools: |
Primary and Basic Flight-Ontario,CA Aug-Oct 1941; Advanced Flight-Stcoton, CA Jan 1942; P-63 Airframe Engin., Bell Co., Niagara Falls, NY Sep 1944 |
| MOS: |
MOS 1093-Pilot B-29 VHB, MOS 4823-Aircraft Engineering Officer |
| Rank Upon Discharge: |
Captain |
| Crew Type: |
Flight crew |
| Airplane Serial No.& Name: |
42-24893 Li'l Organ Annie (inherited from Harry Olsen's crew) |
| Where You a POW?: |
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| Where You a Interned?: |
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| Date Transferred from the 58th: |
October 21, 1945 |
| Date Discharged: |
November 6, 1946 |
| Post WWII Service: |
6th Recon. Sqdn., Roswell, NM (B-29 Pilot). Remained in Reserves, promoted to Major (in Iowa). |
| Post WWII Civilian Occupation(s): |
Owner-operator of office machine sales and service business. |
| Thoughts About the 58th: |
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| Comments: |
Mr. Burt passed away June 7, 1956 of leukemia and is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Estherville, IA. |
