Louis Chester Odette

Military
media-52090.jpeg UPL 52090 Louis C. Odette Daniel Odette

Photo from my father's collection of WWII photos

Object Number - UPL 52090 - Louis C. Odette

Assigned to 702BS, 445BG, 8AF USAAF. 50+ x combat missions. ETD





Awards: DFC, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Fort Custer, MI 3 February 1942 Fort Custer, Michigan

Other

Discharged USAAF

2 June 1945 Honourable discharge.

Buried

Chastain Memorial Park Cemetery Blue Ridge, Fannin County, GA 5 February 1990 Chastain Memorial Park Cemetery Blue Ridge, Fannin County, Georgia

Born

Born

Based

Tibenham Assigned to 702BS, 445BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorDanielOdette
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Sources

Information provided by Louis C Odette's son Daniel.

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / History of the 445th Bomb Group by Rudolph Birsic

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