Earl John Drapal

Military
Earl Drapal Earl Drapal UPL 60418 Earl Drapal who served with the 379th BG

From his son Rick

Object Number - UPL 60418 - Earl Drapal who served with the 379th BG

Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

 

Awards: AM(3OLC), EAME(BS), WWII Victory

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

43-38466

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Round Twip Wabbit
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron 379th Bomb Group

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

8 September 1924 Fairfield, Nebraska

Died

3 January 2003 York, Nebraska

Buried

6 January 2003 Union Cemetery Nuckolls County, Nebraska

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/138786359?objectPage=962

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35437786/earl-john-drapal

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35437786/earl-j-drapal

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ContributorRaymondWells
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Made connection to pic and changed unit

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History Roster, Enlisted Men, as of 01 August 1945

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Earl Drapal

Object number: UPL 60418 - Earl Drapal who served with the 379th BG