Sam J Matthews

Military
media-45851.jpeg UPL 45851 The Dyer Crew.
Back Row L-R Louis J Richard, TTE. Joseph A Miller, Radio Op. Hugo M Friend, BTG. Robert W Coleman, WG, Gordon R Benson, TG.
Front Row L-R. William B Dyer, Pilot. Sam J Matthews, CP. Fred E Harem, Nav. George E Leventhal, B

Photograph from Rodger Benson, son of Gordon

Object Number - UPL 45851 - The Dyer Crew. Back Row L-R Louis J Richard, TTE. Joseph A Miller, Radio Op. Hugo M Friend, BTG. Robert W Coleman, WG, Gordon R Benson, TG. Front...

Member of Dyer crew; He died on 11th November 1998

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-781258
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16187030
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2074411
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Revisions

Date
ContributorHelen
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490th BG Bombs Away Dec 2000

Date
ContributorRayWells
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Changes to Connections and Key Image

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ContributorAAM
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490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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