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546th Bombardment Squadron Patch
384th Bombardment Group KEEP THE SHOW ON THE ROAD
Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 546th Bombardment Squadron on Gowen Field, Idaho, Special Orders #362 dated 28 December 1942, as a member of the original squadron cadre.
Group
The 384th Bomb Group flew B-17s from Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire, between May 1943 and June 1945. They were engaged in daylight bombing missions over Germany as part of the Allies' efforts to destroy the effectiveness of the Luftwaffe by...
Squadron
Military site : airfield
Grafton Underwood was built in 1941 by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd. It was the first airfield in England to receive an Eighth Air Force flying unit, when in May 1942 personnel of the 15th Bomb Squadron took up residence. As a satellite airfield for...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | 3 December 1914 | |
| Enlisted | Milwaukee, WI, USA | 3 June 1942 |
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Residence: Kenosha County, Wisconsin |
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| Died | 5 December 1986 | |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 08 January 2017 23:42:40 | bombercommand | Changes to media associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 30 January 2016 21:48:06 | bombercommand | Changes to service number, biography, events, place associations and media associations |
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http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=64 https://aad.archives.gov/aad/display-partial-records.jsp?dt=893&sc=24994... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:18:34 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=a... |
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