Manuel Anthony Head
Military
USAAF photo.
Object Number - UPL 32562 - 1st Lt Manuel A Head 562BS, 388BG, 8AF seen here in the hot seat of a C-47.
Assigned to 562BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. 39 x missions. Also flew 2 x 'Chowhound' missions to Holland, as well as flying military VIP's from Paris to England for Gen Eisenhower.
Awards: DFC, AM (2OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Consultant engineer for Westinghouse Electric Co. during the design and construction of the Nautilus and the Seawolf nuclear powered submarines. Also flew military aircraft for the Air National Guard, training in C-47 transport and P-51 fighter airplanes, and was promoted to Captain in the Air Force Reserves.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16079564
- Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner/Radar Jammer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13174576
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lady Godiva
- Unit: 1st Strategic Air Depot 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 12 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
New Orleans, LA, USA | 18 September 1922 | Son of Llewellyn Dearing and Ethel Maria [Martinez] Head. |
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Enlisted |
Jackson, MS, USA | 14 June 1941 | |
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Other Crash landed |
Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31 1QZ, UK | 12 June 1944 | Crash landed at 1 Strategic Air Depot 12-Jun-44. |
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Died |
Palo Alto, CA, USA | 14 February 2014 | |
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Based |
Knettishall | Assigned to 562BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Buried |
Oak Hill Funeral Home & Memorial Park, 300 Curtner Ave, San Jose, CA 95125, USA | Oak Hill Memorial Park San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html
