Paul A Wadsworth

Military
media-14500.jpeg UPL 14500 The Dooley Crew: Standing: Oscar Nelson - WG, Paul Wadsworth - RO, Don Quirk - WG, Ralph VonBergen - TG, Johnie Jones - TT/E, John Phillips - NTG
Kneeling: Burton Wheeler - CP, Ralph Dooley - P, John Kowalczuk - B, Paul Gorman - N

Object Number - UPL 14500 - The Dooley Crew: Standing: Oscar Nelson - WG, Paul Wadsworth - RO, Don Quirk - WG, Ralph VonBergen - TG, Johnie Jones - TT/E, John Phillips - NTG...

Died in the crash of the 'Lady Jane', B-24 #42-95133, on a training mission.

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Lady Jane
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Howard, Texas 9 May 1923

Died

Heigham Street, Norwich, Norfolk NR2 4LG, UK 24 November 1944

Buried

Big Spring, TX 79720, USA Burial: Mount Olive Cemetery Big Spring Howard County Texas, USA

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Contributorusxpat
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Find A Grave Memorial# 35849011
http://www.458bg.com/crewba80dooley.htm

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Contributorapollo11
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Information correct as far as I am aware.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit history & Page 283 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010

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