Paul C Darden

Military
media-13937.jpeg UPL 13937 B-24H-10-CF, serial number 41-29259. Standing (l-r) Paul Darden copilot; Lee Russell Gulley, pilot; Robert Ronaldes, bombardier; Myron Abel, navigator; Kenneth Kropf, gunner; kneeling (l-r) Joseph Godek, gunner; Harry Buckel, gunner; Gino Bartolino, radio operator; Arthur Pinkerton, engineer; Michael Guirre, gunner

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Object Number - UPL 13937 - B-24H-10-CF, serial number 41-29259. Standing (l-r) Paul Darden copilot; Lee Russell Gulley, pilot; Robert Ronaldes, bombardier; Myron Abel,...

30 missions flown between 17 July 1944 and 5 January 1945. Original crew of ten flew every mission together. When we became a lead crew, we were assigned two more crew members and they flew every mission with us also.



Air Medal w/ 5 Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'

453rd Bomb Group

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Fremont, North Carolina 2 July 1917

Buried

Wilson, North Carolina

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Self, The Liberator Men of Old Buc

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Object number: UPL 13937 - B-24H-10-CF, serial number 41-29259. Standing (l-r...